Cigna (NYSE:CI) and the Palo Alto Medical Foundation (PAMF), a not-for-profit health care organization that is a pioneer in the multispecialty group practice of medicine, have launched a collaborative accountable care initiative to expand patient access to health care, improve care coordination, and achieve the “triple aim” of improved health outcomes (quality), lower total medical costs and increased patient satisfaction. Collaborative accountable care is Cigna's approach to accomplishing the same population health goals as accountable care organizations, or ACOs.
The president of the Primary Care Collaborative and IBM's global director of health care transformation describes the challenges left for creating the patient-centered medical home model. Paul Grundy, M.D., president of the Primary Care Collaborative and IBM's global director of health care transformation, examines progress and challenges remaining on the patient-centered medical home model.
