Publications
The Center exists in part to create original evidence and information that support and advance conversations around professionalism, value, and other health care issues.
READ about scientific publications, briefs, and reports emerging from the Center and its collaborators below.
Shaping Keystones in a Time of Transformation: ABFM’s Efforts to Advance Leadership & Scholarship in Family Medicine
- Andrew W. Bazemore, MD, MPH
- Jane Ireland
- Robert Cattoi
- Warren P. Newton, MD, MPH
Submitted on: February, 2020
At no time in the history of our specialty have our diplomates faced greater complexity or more rapid transformation of the health care delivery system,nor such incredible uncertainty and dynamism in their future roles within it.1In addition to tackling the most complex clinical encounters, 2 graduates now leave training expected to immediately under-stand a health system shaped by such towering forces as rapidly increasing consolidation, value-based and alternative payment models, measurement, internecine scope-of-practice battles, disruptive delivery innovations, genomics, big data, artificial intelligence, and machine learning.
Characteristics of Office-Based Buprenorphine Prescribers for Medicare Patients
- Rohit Abraham
- Elizabeth Wilkinson
- Yalda Jabbarpour
- Stephen Petterson, PhD
- Andrew W. Bazemore, MD, MPH
Submitted on: January, 2020
Introduction: Opioid use disorder (OUD) is a major and growing public health concern, and Medicare patients have nearly double the proportion of OUD prevalence compared with those with commercial insurance. This study examines provider-level characteristics to delineate the wide variation behind buprenorphine provision, which is the mainstay of medication-assisted treatment for OUD.
Methods: Using Medicare Part D Public Use Files claims data from 2013 to 2016 in all states, we assessed prescribing patterns of buprenorphine formulations for the specialties of family medicine, internal medicine, psychiatry, and general practice.
Payment Structures That Support Social Care Integration With Clinical Care: Social Deprivation Indices and Novel Payment Models
- Alison N. Huffstetler, MD
- Robert L. Phillips Jr., MD, MSPH
Submitted on: December, 2019
The U.S. lags behind other developed countries in the use of indices and novel reimbursement models to adjust for social determinants of health (SDH) in medicine. This may be due in part to the inadequate body of research regarding outcomes after implementation of healthcare payments designed to address SDH. This perspective article focuses on four models employed both internationally and domestically to outline the implementation, successes, limitations, and research needed to support national application of SDH models. A brief history of prior models is introduced asa primer to the current U.S. system. Internationally, the United Kingdom and New Zealand employ small area indices to adjust healthcare dollar allocation based on increased social need in an area.
Events and Convenings:
Moving from Ideas to Action
The Center for Professionalism & Value is working to engage the public and advance big ideas in the realm of professionalism, and advance evidence in support of effective policy.
Upcoming Events: Join Us
AAFP’s Family Medicine Experience (FMX)
October 13-17, 2020
The Center for Professionalism & Value in Health Care’s PRIME Registry will be in booth #3515 at AAFP’s Family Medicine Experience, October 13-17, 2020.
Press Releases
Stay up-to-date on the latest developments, from recently released studies and research projects, to newly published articles and one-pagers.
Investment Needed in Primary Care Spending
05/18/2020