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	"One reason to hope that ACOs will succeed is because it looks like many ACOs will likewise deploy modern versions of DM including risk segmentation, targeting patient motivation using state-of-the-art psychological approaches, and non-physician team members who are integrated in, but not necessarily hired by, the primary care sites.” Jaan E. Sidorov, MD, FACP Author, Disease Management Care Blog
	In fact, with its high cost per Medicare enrollee and excellent track record in lowering costs through at risk medical groups, Southern California could demonstrate some of the most significant savings in the nation. One estimate suggests that if these ACOs could lower Medicare costs per enrollee in this market down to the national average, they could save $1.6 billion. Excerpted from Largest Medicare Accountable Care Organization Impact May Come in Southern California, Accountable Care News, March 2012
	Health Care Reform Driving Physicians Together California Healthline, March 7, 2012
	ACO Lessons from Early Adopters Are Invaluable HealthLeaders Media, March 2, 2012
	Antitrust Issues for ACOs: 4 Things to Know Beckers Orthopedic and Spine, February 22, 2012
	Accurate population data predict ACO success Fiercehealthcare, February 22, 2012
	Partners at the ACO table Modern Medicine, February 15, 2012
	Some see similarities with unpopular managed care Daily Hampshire Gazette, February 10, 2012
	Population Health IT for ACOs: A Patchwork Quilt by Ron Parton, MD, MPH ‘Pioneer’ Begins a New Phase in Industry Redesign by John Toussaint, MD Editor’s Corner - Report from the Field: Accepting the Challenges of Uncertainty - John Wendland Largest Medicare ACO Impact May Come in Southern California by Walter Kopp, MHSA Thought Leader’s Corner: Are ACO program models, incentive structures, and evaluation designs -- perhaps especially in the commercial marketplace -- sufficiently different to give us confidence about generating (and properly documenting) savings going forward? Industry News with briefs regarding Society of General Internal Medicine; Blue Shield of California; Highmark, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey , and Independence Blue Cross; Billian's HealthDATA and Porter Research; Health Affairs; and Optum Catching Up with…. Jay Want, MD Click here to view page one of this issue Click here to subscribe to Accountable Care News, or find out more
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