Accountable Care Bulletin
  Complimentary from the publishers of Accountable Care News               January, 2014  
 
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  "The ACO transition is challenging for all providers, and it involves significant risk. The biggest challenge remains to be the huge investments required to implement ACOs in an era of tight financing. Just considering the infrastructure investments required, few providers can afford to sacrifice revenues from reduced utilization without being compensated for the additional care management programs and a portion of the savings these efforts generate. Other challenges include the need for more timely and relevant claims data to make care and process improvements, and greater levels of private payer participation." Wes Champion, Senior Vice President, Premier Consulting Solutions
  
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"Respondents were fairly evenly split on whether bundled payments would prove to be a more effective delivery and payment reform model than ACOs. Overall, 29.6% disagreed or strongly disagreed with this statement, 32.6% agreed or strongly agreed, and 37.8% had neutral feelings."

Excerpted from: Accountable Care News, Volume 5, Number 1, January 2014, The 2013 ACO Survey

  
What's News
  ACOs display room for improvement with medication readiness
EHR Intelligence, January 7, 2014		  
     
Analysis of ACOs Defines Patient, Structural, Cost, & Quality-of-Care Characteristics
The Commonwealth Fund, January 6, 2014
     
  Health reform's grand experiment: Will it play in Peoria?
Reuters, January 6, 2014		  
 
Accountable Care Organizations: 2013 Year in Review
Becker's Hospital Review, December 31, 2013 
     
Building an effective ACO: Physician practice-level data is critical
Government Health IT, December 17, 2013
     
  Evidence of Savings in Accountable Care Organizations and Cancer Care
The Dartmouth Institute Press Release, December 12, 2013		  
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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