Complimentary from the publisher

Complimentary from the publishers of Accountable Care News April 9, 2013

“No ACO will be successful unless all providers and patients have access to a telephone and know how to use it. Oh, wait. That’s not what you meant? You say that telephone access doesn’t guarantee coordinated, appropriate, high-quality care across that continuum? That’s true, and neither does telehealth. Successful ACOs will surely embrace remote monitoring and similar technologies, but they will see it within an appropriate context. Magic bullets only work if you believe you can click your heels three times and chant, ‘There’s no place like (a patient -centered medical) home’ and end up in Kansas. In the real world, tough culture change remains the key element of ACO success.” Michael Millenson, President, Health Quality Advisors, LLC

57% of physicians who work in an ACO believe that capitation will replace fee-for-service (FFS) payments in the next one to three years, versus 44% of physicians who do not work in an ACO.

Source: Deloitte 2013 Survey of U.S. Physicians: Physician perspectives about health care reform and the future of the medical profession, Deloitte, 2013

What Is The Aim of An Accountable Care Organization? [Infographic]
ReferralMD/Healthcare IT Connect, April 4, 2013

What ACOs must do to succeed
Government Health IT, March 26, 2013

Accountable Care Organizations: From Theory to Practice
The Legal Intelligencer, March 19, 2013

Affordable Care Act at 3: Holding Insurance Companies Accountable
HealthCare.gov, March 19, 2013

Healthcare leaders discuss the ACO keys to success
Healthcare Finance News, March 18, 2013

Early Adopters of the Accountable Care Model: A Report on Improvements in Delivery
The Commonwealth Fund, March 13, 2013

Accountable Care – One Community’s Approach to Avoid the Tragedy of the Commons by Howard Epstein, MD, FHM and Cally Vinz, RN
Seriously Testing the Waters by Brian Klepper, PhD
Editor’s Corner: Phil Ronning - A Plea for a New Common Sense
Using ADTs as a Starting Point for Valuable Insights into Accountable Care Delivery by Curt S. Sellke
Thought Leader’s Corner: “IMS Research predicts that the number of U.S. residents using telehealth services will increase six-fold over the next five years, reaching
nearly 1.3 million by 2017. Will tele-services (telehealth, telemedicine, telemonitoring) become the magic bullet of the ACO?”
Industry News with briefs regarding CMS, MedeAnalytics, JAMA, Leavitt Partners, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, and PricewaterhouseCoopers
Catching Up with…. Matthew Heineman

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