Complimentary from the publishers of Population Health News           December, 2014
	"In 2015, we will see the development of ACOs and other new care models driven by direct contracting by large employers, as well as by commercial health plans. There is also an opportunity to improve the existing Medicare ACO program, but the cutting edge initiatives in 2015 are likely to come primarily from the private sector. Successful new care models will embrace the principle of accountability for costs, as well as for quality of care. And the best will go beyond that to develop true partnerships with their patients." -Bill Kramer, Executive Director, National Health Policy, Pacific Business Group on Health, Co-Chair, Consumer-Purchaser Alliance, San Francisco, Calif.
	"In 2014, 40% of all commercial in-network payments are now value oriented - up from 11% in 2013." Excerpted from: Population Health News, Volume 1, Issue 9, December 2014, "Transitioning Physicians to a Performance-Based Compensation Model" by Phyllis Floyd, M.D.
	KLAS Population Health Management Rankings Show Market Growth Health IT Analytics, December 11, 2014
	Big City Health Departments Lead the Way in Improving Population Health Insurance News Net, December 10, 2014
	Population Health is a Group Effort Healthcare IT News, December 8, 2014
	Global Budgets Pushing Maryland Hospitals to Target Population Health Modern Healthcare, December 6, 2014
	The Uninsured: Key Facts About Health Insurance and the Uninsured in America Kaiser Family Foundation, December 5, 2014
	Granite Healthcare Network Selects athenahealth to Manage Population Health Athena Health Press Release, December 3, 2014
	Succeeding at Population Health Without an ACO: How Intermountain is Doing It Becker's Hospital Review, December 3, 2014
	Payer/Provider Partnerships Enable Value-Based Reimbursement by Jay Sultan Transitioning Physicians to a Performance-Based Compensation Model by Phyllis Floyd, M.D. Making a Case for Population Health - Achieving 'Breakthrough' Outcomes in Hypertension Lessons Learned from Consumerism: New Approaches, Opportunities for Healthcare Payers by Yasmine Winkler Thought Leader's Corner: What Do You Foresee as the Most Important Trend in Population Health Management for 2015? Industry News with briefs regarding the Population Health Alliance, Jefferson School of Population Health, and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Catching Up with... David B. Nash, M.D., MBA Click here to view page one of this issue Click here to subscribe to Population Health News, or find out more
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