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Complimentary from the publishers of Accountable Care News February 2021

"We understand the value clinical trials can bring to our patients and physicians. They move the medical community forward and offer an overwhelmingly positive experience for patients by providing access to cutting-edge medical care and personalized services and support."
- Ben Kornitzer, Chief Medical Officer, agilon

The volume of telehealth appointments skyrocketed in the first nine months of 2020; BHI specifically notes a 50-fold increase in the utilization of virtual healthcare services by commercially insured individuals from March 2019 to March 2020, and a 100-fold increase from April 2019 to April 2020.

Source: Accountable Care News, Volume 12 Number 2, February 2021, "Special Report: It’s a Data, Data, Data, Data World."

	Andrew Ziskind, MD: 5 Principles for Population Health Management in an ACO 1. Doing the right thing for patients lowers the total cost of care. 2. Integrated care works best when it is led by physicians. 3. Capture data and make it actionable. 4. Excellence in execution matters. 5. Transitioning to a value-based system is exactly that: A transition. Source: First Report Managed Care, February 12, 2021
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How cutting off subsidy payments to insurance companies would affect Obamacare

Achieving Shared Savings During COVID: Implementing Complex Case Management in an IDD World

The Alliance for Integrated Care of New York (AICNY), a New York City-based Accountable Care Organization, speaks to how they have continued to achieve shared savings, with the country’s largest intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) population, amongst the COVID pandemic challenges, by implementing complex case management (CCM), telemedicine, and targeted case management, backed by HealthEC’s robust data and analytics.

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What Does It Take to Succeed in the Next Gen ACO Program?
First Report Managed Care, February 12, 2021

Next Gen ACOs: Savers or Spenders?
Managed Healthcare Executive, February 11, 2021

Industry Voices—How to bring specialists into the ACO fold: 9 strategies
FierceHealthcare, February 11, 2021

One ACO’s Data Infrastructure Journey
Healthcare Innovation, February 4, 2021

NAACOS Warns Policymakers Over Slowing ACO Participation in the MSSP Program
Healthcare Innovation, January 22, 2021

Addressing SDoH Identified by Systematic Screening in a Medicaid ACO
Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, February 12, 2021

Gateway Health and Bridges Health Partners LLC Announce ACO Partnership
PR Newswire, February 3, 2021

Assoc. Between Outpatient Rehab. Therapy & Cost of Care in a Medicare ACO
Population Health Management, abstract only, February 2, 2021

Impact of a commercial accountable care organization on prescription drugs
Health Services Research, abstract only, January 28, 2021

The Effects of ACOs Forming Preferred SNF Networks on Market Share & Outcomes
Medical Care, abstract only, January 19, 2021

Plans Report ACO Successes Under Federal Next-Generation ACO Model
Special Report: It’s a Data, Data, Data, Data World
Market Reports: Research Firm: ‘Consulting Services to Top $20B in 4 Years’
Washington DC Watch: NAACOS: ACO Participation Hit Low During Last Administration; Bloomberg Law Highlights Last Administration’s Efforts Subject to 60-Day Pause; Biden Signs Executive Orders to ‘Roll Back Attacks on ACA’
Accountable Care Collaboration with briefs regarding Innovo Research and agilon; Gateway Health Plan Inc. and Bridges Health Partners; BCBS of Kansas, Stormont Vail, Healthify and United Way; ApolloMed and Coalition of Asian-American IPA
Accolades: CareAllies Picks Up 4th ‘Top Value-Based Care Consultants’ Nod; Aledade Makes News Service’s ‘Fierce 15’ List
Surveys & Trends: Patients OK Sharing Behavior Data, But Trust Security Less.


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