Variability in Care Management Programs in Medicare ACOs: A Survey of Medical Directors

Karen Donelan^{1

2}, Esteban A Barreto³, Carie U Michael³, Peter Nordby⁴, Maureen Smith⁴, Joshua P Metlay^{3

5}

Affiliations

¹ Massachusetts General Hospital, 100 Cambridge St., 16th Floor, Boston, MA, 02114, USA. kdonelan@mgh.harvard.edu.
² Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA. kdonelan@mgh.harvard.edu.
³ Massachusetts General Hospital, 100 Cambridge St., 16th Floor, Boston, MA, 02114, USA.
⁴ University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA.
⁵ Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.

Karen Donelan et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2018 Dec.

. 2018 Dec;33(12):2043-2045.

doi: 10.1007/s11606-018-4609-1.

Karen Donelan^{1

2}, Esteban A Barreto³, Carie U Michael³, Peter Nordby⁴, Maureen Smith⁴, Joshua P Metlay^{3

5}

¹ Massachusetts General Hospital, 100 Cambridge St., 16th Floor, Boston, MA, 02114, USA. kdonelan@mgh.harvard.edu.
² Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA. kdonelan@mgh.harvard.edu.
³ Massachusetts General Hospital, 100 Cambridge St., 16th Floor, Boston, MA, 02114, USA.
⁴ University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA.
⁵ Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they do not have a conflict of interest.

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