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Complimentary from the publishers of Accountable Care News May, 2015

Capital BlueCross Accountable Care Arrangements: A Regional Health Plan's ACO Approach

Thriving in a Value Based Purchasing Environment: What You Need to Know About ACOs and PCMH

Accountable Care Organizations and Patient Centered Medical Homes are changing healthcare through patient centered care. However, the process to join an ACO or become a PCMH is blurry to most physicians. This video covers: key healthcare market changes; the shift in care delivery to a patient centered model; questions to ask, quality metrics, application process, and costs for joining; level of involvement required by you; pros and cons of joining an ACO or becoming a PCMH.

Accountable Care Organizations now serve between 15 and 17 percent of the United States, according to new research from Oliver Wyman.

Oliver Wyman Press Release, April 22, 2015

Accelerating the Pace of Volume to Value: CMS Announces Its Next ACO Demonstration By Clif Gaus and David Introcaso
ACO Strategies Advance Effective Population Health Management by Joseph Berardo Jr.
Editor’s Corner: John Smithwick, MBA, on the new Medicare chronic care management codes
High-risk Patients Require High Level Coordination and Communication Across Complex Networks -- Solving for the ACO Issue by Gopal Chopra, MD
Thought Leader’s Corner: "Is creating a Medicare Advantage plan a good ACO exit strategy for hospitals and health systems?”
Industry News with briefs regarding Health Affairs Blog; the Journal of Managed Care and Specialty Pharmacy; Collom and Carney Clinic Association and Humana; Meritage ACO; Emory Healthcare and Aetna ; Aledade; Leavitt Partners; and the Harvard Review of Psychiatry; ONC and CMMI; Nuance; The Center for Healthcare Strategies, Inc. ; Cigna; the Rio Grande Valley (RGV) ACO; and Kaufman, Hall & Associates, LLC.
Catching Up with….William Oser, MD, JD, FACP
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