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Evaluation of the Million Hearts® Cardiovascular Disease Risk Reduction Model: First Annual Report

Description
Evaluates the first year of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Million Hearts Cardiovascular Disease Risk Reduction Model to determine whether, and how, it reduces first-time strokes, heart attacks, and Medicare spending. Covers participant characteristics, including rural or urban status and organization type; approaches used to implement the model; preventive care efforts; experiences with CMS support tools for the project; and reasons for joining and leaving the model.
Author(s)
Leslie Conwell, Linda Barterian, Adam Rose, et al.
Date
02/2019
Organizations
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Mathematica Policy Research
Tagged as
Cardiovascular disease · Healthcare facilities · Healthcare quality · Medicare · Policy · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention

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