Accountable Care Organization Strategy includes the process of developing consensus about mission, vision, goals, objectives, strengths, weaknesses, competitors, future investments and development roadmap.
To meet post-pandemic expectations of consumers, healthcare providers need a strategy for consumer-focused care processes, supported by consumer-friendly provider networks and enabling technology.
3 steps for executing an effective consumer-driven physician strategy Read More »
Recently, Jesdeep Bassi and Francis Lau of the University of Victoria (British Columbia) published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA) another in a series of review articles that have been written in recent years to summarize the literature regarding the economic outcomes of investments in health information technology (HIT). Such articles answer
New HIT ROI lit review is a methodologic tour de force, but misses the point Read More »
Advocates of “accountable care organizations” (ACOs) are careful to avoid the terminology of “managed care,” which is widely viewed as a failed model from the 1980s and 1990s. But, there are obvious similarities between ACOs and managed care. Both involve an organization taking responsibility for the quality and cost of care for a defined population.
Presentation entitled “Developing the Economic Model for Success” from day 2 of the American Medical Group Association’s Accountable Care Organization Learning Collaborative, at the Swissotel in Chicago. Attended by approximately 60 leaders of AMGA member physician organizations and other interested parties. Full page PDF format. Hand-out PDF format.
Dr. Ward’s Slides from AMGA ACO Learning Collaborative, Chicago, July 14, 2011 Read More »
All across the country, physicians and hospitals are talking to each other about creating new organizational structures to enable them to work together more effectively. Some are trying to create Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) or Organized Systems of Care (OSCs) to participate in the Medicare Shared Savings Program or similar programs being launched by commercial
On March 23, 2011, Trent Haywood, MD, JD, and Keith Kosel, PhD, MBA published the results in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) web site of a financial model of a hypothetical Accountable Care Organization (ACO). This model shows that ACOs are likely to lose money on the Medicare Shared Savings Program called for in
I’m not sure about the background of this video submitted to YouTube by Centura Health. But, it is hilarious and sad at the same time. I’ve shown it to dozens of people, and it circulated widely among physician organizations in Michigan.
Satirical YouTube video on Accountable Care Organizations Read More »
