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Primary Care ACOs and Payment Reform		  

 Building an ACO: Insights from the Inside

In 2014, Care New England, a four-hospital system in Rhode Island, launched an ACO. In this video, Domenic Delmonico, executive director of Integra Community Care Network, shares some of the lessons learned from forming the ACO in a state that has shied away from capitation.
 		  
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Sarah O'Hara: four principles for designing the right distribution model for shared savings

1. Define your own core principles for bonus distribution

2. ACO incentive distribution should not be confused with physician compensation

3. click to continue

Source: "Four lessons for distributing shared savings," Care Transformation Center Blog/The Advisory Board, August 14, 2015
Source URL: https://www.advisory.com/research/care-transformation-center/care-transformation-center-blog/2015/08/mgsc-incentive-distribution-in-an-aco-2

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This Month in Accountable Care News
 
  • Beyond ACOs: Will the “Health Push” and “Technology Pull” Create Accountable Care and Prevention Organizations? by Brett P. Giroir, MD
  • The New Healthcare C-Suite: Tips for Recruiting Nontraditional Candidates by Jena Abernathy
  • Editor’s Corner: David Garcia and Helen Eckert on an ACO Regulatory Inconsistency
  • Ten Things Payers and Providers Can Do Today to Start Aligning with VBR Tomorrow by Carolyn J. Wukitch and Andrei Gonzales, MD
  • Thought Leader’s Corner: "CMS finalized new regulations that govern the assignment of Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries to an ACO participating in the MSSP. How did they do?”
  • Industry News with briefs regarding AAFP and the Commonwealth Fund; AJMC; Center for Health Care Strategies; Rite Aid Health Alliance; American Association of Physician Leadership and Navigant Center for Healthcare Research and Policy Analysis; American Action Forum; Health Affairs Blog; and Humana.
  • Catching Up with….Patrick Conway, MD, MSc
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