November 21, 2008 Share this email »» Subscribe now »» Visit our Web Site »» Institution: University of Minnesota Title: Accountable Care Teams for Disabled Medicaid Beneficiaries Principal Investigator: David Knutson Duration: 11/1/08 – 7/31/09 Paragraph Summary: The researchers will identify health care providers who share a common patient population (accountable care teams), using a technique known as “network methodology.”  These teams could serve as a medical home for their patients. If successful, the process of identifying accountable groups of providers could also support value-based purchasing. The researchers will employ the network methodology to identify provider “clusters” – those who are densely interconnected through serving a common patient population, in this case disabled Medicaid patients in Minnesota. They will then (1) assess the “fit” of the clustering with observations about care organization in Minnesota, and (2) develop measures of cluster cohesiveness. The objective of the project is to introduce a new technology for identifying accountable groups of providers that can be the basis of medical homes/care teams and inform efforts to implement value-based purchasing of health care.      In this Issue AcademyHealth is the national program office for HCFO, an initiative of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20036 Phone: 202.292.6700 Fax: 202.292.6800 Unsubscribe Here