James E. Bailey, MD, MPH

This case study describes Tennessee’s process for convening key stakeholders to develop uniform payment guidelines to encourage increased preventive service delivery.

The authors report the experience of one of the first Southern US communities to develop a comprehensive health care data repository for tracking processes and outcomes of care and identifying areas of greatest need.

Nonadherence to essential chronic medications and mental health diagnosis were associated with higher hospitalizations and emergency department use among Medicare super-utilizers.