Breaking the Mold: Fresh Approaches for Treating High-Cost and Chronically Ill Patients The hospital super-user can eat up almost half of a provider’s resources. But a focus on this population’s overall health – increasing access to primary care, addressing the social determinants of health, for example – is making a big difference. At some institutions, patients who once were routinely admitted to the hospital are now getting care in ambulatory settings, embedded in comprehensive systems of services for primary care and community health. Learn how hospital and health system leaders around the country are managing such transitions, how patients are faring and the outlook for better care and lower costs.