Anthem, Inc. and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania have announced a collaboration to study and pilot new ideas with the aim of improving health care quality, accessibility and affordability for consumers. Together, Anthem and its outcomes-research subsidiary, HealthCore Inc., the Wharton School and the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics will explore a variety of topics, such as health care quality, patient safety, payment reform, consumer engagement, real-word evidence and organizational transformation in an effort to translate research into solutions. The collaboration, unique in its scale, depth, and focus, will center on the business and economics of health insurance and health care delivery as they affect markets, organizations and individuals. It will seek to produce a number of research studies in several areas, such as narrow networks, formularies, bundled payments, medical homes, and benefit design. A study already underway focuses on how Anthem currently measures medical home performance and aims to identify what works best for group physician practices that are investing in technology, staffing and other resources to close gaps within health care.