Accountable Care Bulletin
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Achieving Quality in Accountable Care Organizations

The National Pharmaceutical Council (NPC) hosted this webinar that explored how ready accountable care organizations (ACOs) are to implement the structures and processes needed to maximize the value of pharmaceuticals. Speakers outlined the activities that ACOs are doing well, and shared insights on where there is room for improvement. Audio and slide format.

 
 
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Survey: 5 reasons given by the 46% of hospital executives who do not have plans to implement an ACO model in the future

1. 52% feel there are too many unknowns and want to see stronger evidence and a consistency of successful models
2. 49% feel their hospital is too small for an ACO-like model
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Source: Purdue Healthcare Advisors Press Release, December 12, 2013
Source URL: http://pha.purdue.edu/news/survey

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This Month in Accountable Care News
 
  • The 2013 ACO Survey
  • The Strange Financial Interactions between Medicare ACOs and Bundled Payment Participants by Jonathan Pearce
  • Editor’s Corner: Thanks to 2013 Editor’s Page and Back Page Contributors
  • Hospital-Physician Partnership Holds Key to Value over Volume by Eric Passon
  • Thought Leader’s Corner: "What is the biggest challenge facing the ACO movement in 2014?”
  • Industry News with briefs regarding Leavitt Partners; Premier; Oliver Wyman; Duke Connected Care; UnitedHealthcare; Zurich; American Journal of Accountable Care; U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Tom Carper (D-Delaware); Society of Actuaries; CMS; Purdue Healthcare Advisors; and Humana and Regional HealthPlus
  • Catching Up with….Jeff Brenner, MD
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