Complimentary from the publisher

Complimentary from the publishers of Accountable Care News January, 2016

“The greatest challenge for ACOs in 2016 is learning how they will go from experimenting with value-based payment models and new care delivery approaches to broadly rolling it out across their practices. The last few years have been driven by pilot programs and preparing for risk-bearing. With the advent of MACRA and Secretary Burwell’s HHS goal in 2015, the strategy needs to shift from preliminary work to planning when and how to shift to a concerted, organizational-wide focus on bearing risk and actively managing populations for the majority of the contracts and patients they serve.”
- David B. Muhlestein, Senior Director of Research and Development, Leavitt Partners

"The plan [Blue Shield of California] reports it saved $325 million from its ACO programs since 2010 in large part by reducing hospital readmissions by 13% and hospital bed days by 27%."

Excerpted from: Accountable Care News, Volume 7 Number 1, January 2016, Industry News: "Blue Shield of California -- $325M ACO Savings."

White House Launches Medicare's Most Aggressive Accountable Care Effort Yet
Forbes, January 12, 2016

Accountable Care Organization Investment Model (AIM) Fact Sheet
CMS, January 11, 2016

New hospitals and health care providers join successful, cutting-edge federal initiative that cuts costs and puts patients at the center of their care
CMS, January 11, 2016

CMS Welcomes New Medicare Shared Savings Program (Shared Savings Program) Participants
CMS, January 11, 2016

How Funders Can Support Emerging Accountable Care Organizations To Maximize Their Potential
Health Affairs Blog, January 5, 2016

Projected Growth of Accountable Care Organizations
Leavitt Partners Press Release, December 23, 2015

How to Design and Support an Accountable Care Organization
HealthPayer Intelligence, December 22, 2015

Why Those Interested in Population Health and ACO Development Need to Think About the Dual-Eligible Population
Healthcare Informatics, December 15, 2015

MORE THAN 80% OF HOSPITALS REPORT OPPORTUNITIES TO INTEGRATE WORKFLOWS TO MEET ACCOUNTABLE CARE GOALS
RICOH Press Release, December 14, 2015

Transformation House by John Toussaint, MD
Intermountain Healthcare’s Patient Engagement Strategies in Achieving Shared Accountability by Tammy Richards
Editor’s Corner: Bill DeMarco on Risk
The Way to Better Outcomes and Lower Costs in Orthopedic Bundles by Jan Vest, MBA
Thought Leader’s Corner: " What is the greatest challenge facing the ACO community in 2016?”
Industry News with briefs regarding Health Affairs; AMA; CMS; Leavitt Partners; Accenture and Blue Shield of California.
Catching Up with … Richard A. Barasch


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