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Primary Care, ACOs, and Payment Reform A Conversation with Mark McClellan of the Brookings Institution

Mark McClellan of the Brookings Institution joined a PCPCC webinar to discuss the important role primary care leadership plays in health care transformation, including physician-led ACOs and other payment reform initiatives. He highlighted major themes and recommendations from a recently released ACO Learning Network toolkit, Adopting Accountable Care: An Implementation Guide for Physician Practices.

The ACO Learning Network: General principles to ensure the continued success and participation of the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP)

1. Creating greater certainty for program participants
2. Establishing a clear and achievable transition path to financial risk
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Source: "ACO Learning Network Comments on the Proposed Rule for the Medicare Shared Savings Program," by Mark B. McClellan, The Brookings Institute, February 6, 2015
Source URL: http://www.brookings.edu/research/opinions/2015/02/06-aco-public-comments-proposed-rule-mcclellan

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