Accountable Care Bulletin
  Complimentary from the publishers of Accountable Care News               August 2019  
     
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  “Accountable care, coordinated care, paying for the value of services delivered -- and not the volume -- is the direction we should be moving our health system. ACOs are working to make that a reality, and data increasingly show ACOs are reducing Medicare spending.”
-  Clif Gaus ScD, CEO and President, NAACOS.
 
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"According to a survey from Willis Towers Watson, 38% of employers say they’re considering opening a health center at their workplace location by 2020, up from today’s 26%. 26% plan to offer near-site health centers by 2020, up threefold from 8% today."

Excerpted from: Accountable Care News, Volume 10 Number 8, August 2019, "Survey Sees Companies Moving to Accountable Care Set-Ups."

 
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Watch Caravan Health's VP of Customer Success Greg Paris to learn how current and non-ACO participants alike can still join a Pathways to Success ACO in 2020 along with experienced and high-performing physician groups. Our experts share how hundreds of hospitals and providers are embracing a collaborative ACO model to improve outcomes and thrive under risk-based payment.

 
 
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  OIG: 7 Key Strategies for ACO Success

1. Work with physicians
2. Engage beneficiaries
3. Manage beneficiaries with costly or complex care needs
4. Manage hospitalizations
5. Manage skilled nursing and home healthcare
6. Address behavioral health needs and social determinants of health
7. Use technology for information sharing


Source: Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, July 2019
 
     
 
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