How CPC+ supported patient care during the COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons for alternative payment models.

Background: A growing literature documents how primary care practices adapted to the COVID-19 pandemic. We examine a topic that has received less attention-how participants in an advanced alternative payment model perceive the model influenced their ability to meet patients' care needs during the pandemic.

Methods: Analysis of closed- and open-ended questions from a 2021 survey of 2496 practices participating in the Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+) model (92% response rate) and a 2021 survey of 993 randomly selected primary care physicians from these practices (55% response rate).

Primary Care Practice Transformation Introduces Different Staff Roles.

Purpose: Practices in the 4-year Comprehensive Primary Care (CPC) initiative changed staffing patterns during 2012-2016 to improve care delivery. We sought to characterize these changes and to compare practice patterns with those in similar non-CPC practices in 2016.

Methods: We conducted an online survey among selected US primary care practices.

Patient experience during a large primary care practice transformation initiative.

Objectives: To determine how the multipayer Comprehensive Primary Care (CPC) initiative that transformed primary care delivery affected patient experience of Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries. The study examines whether patient experience changed during the 4-year initiative, whether ratings of CPC practices changed relative to ratings of comparison practices, and areas in which practices still have an opportunity to improve patient experience.

Study Design: Prospective study using 2 cross-sectional samples of more than 25,000 Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries attributed to 490 CPC practices and more than 8000 beneficiaries attributed to 736 comparison practices.

The Effects of a Primary Care Transformation Initiative on Primary Care Physician Burnout and Workplace Experience.

Background: Physician burnout is associated with deleterious effects for physicians and their patients and might be exacerbated by practice transformation.

Objective: Assess the effect of the Comprehensive Primary Care (CPC) initiative on primary care physician experience.

Design: Prospective cohort study conducted with about 500 CPC and 900 matched comparison practices.

The Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative: Effects On Spending, Quality, Patients, And Physicians.

The Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative (CPC), a health care delivery model developed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), tested whether multipayer support of 502 primary care practices across the country would improve primary care delivery, improve care quality, or reduce spending. We evaluated the initiative's effects on care delivery and outcomes for fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries attributed to initiative practices, relative to those attributed to matched comparison practices. CPC practices reported improvements in primary care delivery, including care management for high-risk patients, enhanced access, and improved coordination of care transitions.

Patient Dismissal by Primary Care Practices.

This survey study examines the prevalence of and reasons for patient dismissal among primary care practices participating in the Comprehensive Primary Care initiative and a matched sample of comparison practices.