- David Muhlestein, Chief Research Officer at Leavitt Partners.
Impediments to addressing the problem of high-need, high-cost
patients cited by ACO leaders in a recent study include: "Funding (65
percent); patient engagement (65 percent); actionable data (40 percent);
physician resistance (36.5 percent); geographic challenges (35 percent);
measuring effectiveness (35 percent); ability to scale (35 percent); IT
resources (33 percent); staff recruitment (32 percent); and
prioritization (30 percent)."
Source:
Healthcare Innovation blog, April 19, 2019
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How to Develop End of Life Processes for the ACO's Care
Continuum Over 30 million US citizens are members of an ACO. While ACOs have strong incentives to adopt advance care planning (ACP) for long-term success, one out of five ACOs have few or no end-of-life processes in place. Although ACP can be difficult to coordinate across care settings, there are processes that have successfully met quality metrics and achieved cost savings. |
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