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

“Retrospective attribution threatens the theoretical foundation of ACOs. Physicians can only manage patients who are actively in their panel. Retrospective attribution saddles a physician with results on which he/she had no impact. If ACOs are meant to change overall healthcare costs by incentivizing preventative care and care management, the determination of outcomes must be based solely on the patients who the doctor believed were his/hers. The system cannot incent behavior with sloppy accounting.” Lisa H. Ozaeta, MBA, JD, Senior Manager, ECG Management Consultants

"In a recent survey, 61 percent of hospitals and health systems responding said that half of their employees now use personal mobile devices for work. A large number of these (50 percent) said this use was limited to email and calendar applications, but 36 percent said that employees were accessing patient data."

Excerpted from: Accountable Care News, Volume 4, Number 10, October 2013, Bring Your Own Device Presents Both Risks and Benefits to ACOs

Accountable Care Organizations: How to Define Quality?
The American Journal of Managed Care, October 1, 2013

ACOs: Recognizing the Opportunity for Your ASC
Becker's ASC Review, October 1, 2013

Docs' Role in ACO Leadership Remains Strong
MedPage Today, September 24, 2013

4 lessons from Pioneer ACO
Fiercehealthcare, September 24, 2013

ACOs Need Claims Data For Analytics, Expert Says
Information Week, September 16, 2013

ACOs Try to Solve the Post-Acute Care Crisis
US News & World Report, September 12, 2013

Bring Your Own Device Presents Both Risks and Benefits to ACOs by Michael Graham, PhD, RN, CNP
A Plea for Communities of Solution by Larry A. Green, MD
Editor’s Corner: Introducing Miles Snowden, MD, MPH, CEBS; Karen Hacker on Defining Population Health
The Role of Predictive Analytics in Accountable Care by Clayton L. Ramsey
Thought Leader’s Corner: “How serious a handicap is retrospective attribution in terms of patient management in an ACO?”
Industry News with briefs regarding JAMA; RAND and AMA; Meritus Health; AAFP; Aetna and Sharp Healthcare; Doctors Medical Center Modesto; and NCQA
Catching Up with….Michael Millenson

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