Experience of Family Physicians in Practice Transformation Networks

J Ambul Care Manage. 2019 Apr/Jun;42(2):92-104. doi: 10.1097/JAC.0000000000000269.

Abstract

To help health care practices transition away from fee-for-service reimbursement and toward value-based payment, the Transforming Clinical Practice Initiative was launched in October 2015. It was designed to provide clinicians support through peer-based Practice Transformation Networks (PTNs). A group of American Board of Family Medicine board-certified family physicians enrolled in PTNs described their expectations of and experiences with PTN participation; we analyzed open-text comments. Physicians expected and experienced PTN support in informatics and data, team building, and workflow and care coordination; however, expectations regarding patient care and engagement, costs and payment reform, and population and panel health were described less frequently.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.
  • Community Networks / standards*
  • Delivery of Health Care / standards*
  • Health Care Reform / standards*
  • Humans
  • Models, Organizational
  • Physicians, Family*
  • Practice Management, Medical / trends*
  • Quality Improvement
  • Reimbursement Mechanisms
  • United States
  • Value-Based Purchasing*