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  • 04 Mar 2021
Lowering A1c Through Integrated Behavioral Health Group Visits
By Dr. Markin Kerzer, Dr. Siddharth Marthi, Jamie Handy, Kristin David, PsyD
Rhode Island Medical Journal (February 2021)

Read this month's published article in the Rhode Island Medical Journal highlighting the work of Associates in Primary Care Medicine and their pilot study aimed to evaluate the effect that group visits, conducted using an integrated behavioral health model at a primary care practice, had on A1c and distress levels in diabetic adults. Read about their success here.

 

Rhode Island’s Cost Trends Project: A Case Study on State Cost Growth Targets
By Erin Taylor, MPH, Michael Bailit, MBA, Megan Burns, MPP, and Justine Zayhowski, MPP
Peterson-Milbank Program for Sustainable Health Care Costs (January 2021)

Rhode Island is among a few states that have implemented a cost growth target to stimulate action to improve health care affordability and curb health care spending growth. A health care cost growth target forms the basis for accountability for spending growth at the state, provider, and insurer levels. Rhode Island’s experience highlights how a small team of state staff, engaged state and private sector leadership, and committed stakeholders can address rising health care costs. Read the featured case study here.