Creating Accountable Care Organizations: The Extended Hospital Medical Staff: A new approach to organizing care and ensuring accountability.
Many current policies and approaches to performance measurement and payment reform
focus on individual providers; they risk reinforcing the fragmented care and lack of …
focus on individual providers; they risk reinforcing the fragmented care and lack of …
Fostering Accountable Health Care: Moving Forward In Medicare: Real savings to the Medicare program could occur within five years with only modest changes in …
ES Fisher, MB McClellan, J Bertko, SM Lieberman… - Health …, 2009 - healthaffairs.org
To succeed, health care reform must slow spending growth while improving quality. We
propose a new approach to help achieve more integrated and efficient care by fostering …
propose a new approach to help achieve more integrated and efficient care by fostering …
Accountable care organizations may have difficulty avoiding the failures of integrated delivery networks of the 1990s
LR Burns, MV Pauly - Health Affairs, 2012 - healthaffairs.org
Accountable care organizations are intended to improve the quality and lower the cost of
health care through several mechanisms, such as disease management programs, care …
health care through several mechanisms, such as disease management programs, care …
Delivery system characteristics and their association with quality and costs of care: Implications for accountable care organizations
A Chukmaitov, DW Harless, GJ Bazzoli… - Health care …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Background: Implementation of accountable care organizations (ACOs) is currently
underway, but there is limited empirical evidence on the merits of the ACO model. Purpose …
underway, but there is limited empirical evidence on the merits of the ACO model. Purpose …
Launching accountable care organizations—the proposed rule for the Medicare Shared Savings Program
DM Berwick - New England Journal of Medicine, 2011 - Mass Medical Soc
A common criticism of US health care is the fragmented nature of its payment and delivery
systems. Because in many settings no single group of participants—physicians, hospitals …
systems. Because in many settings no single group of participants—physicians, hospitals …
[PDF][PDF] Physicians versus hospitals as leaders of accountable care organizations
R Kocher, NR Sahni - The New England journal of medicine, 2010 - bevwin.pbworks.com
The ACA aims to simultane ously improve the quality of care and reduce costs. Doing so will
require focused efforts to improve care for the 10% of patients who account for 64% of all US …
require focused efforts to improve care for the 10% of patients who account for 64% of all US …
[HTML][HTML] Accountable care organizations in the USA: types, developments and challenges
AJ Barnes, L Unruh, A Chukmaitov, E van Ginneken - Health Policy, 2014 - Elsevier
A historically fragmented US health care system, where care has been delivered by multiple
providers with little or no coordination, has led to increasing issues with access, cost, and …
providers with little or no coordination, has led to increasing issues with access, cost, and …
Driving population health through accountable care organizations
S DeVore, RW Champion - Health Affairs, 2011 - healthaffairs.org
Accountable care organizations, scheduled to become part of the Medicare program under
the Affordable Care Act, have been promoted as a way to improve health care quality …
the Affordable Care Act, have been promoted as a way to improve health care quality …
Higher health care quality and bigger savings found at large multispecialty medical groups
WB Weeks, DJ Gottlieb, DJ Nyweide, JM Sutherland… - Health …, 2010 - healthaffairs.org
The belief that integrated delivery systems offer better care at lower cost has contributed to
growing interest in accountable care organizations. These provider-led delivery systems …
growing interest in accountable care organizations. These provider-led delivery systems …
How the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation should test accountable care organizations
SM Shortell, LP Casalino, ES Fisher - Health Affairs, 2010 - healthaffairs.org
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act establishes a national voluntary program for
accountable care organizations (ACOs) by January 2012 under the auspices of the Centers …
accountable care organizations (ACOs) by January 2012 under the auspices of the Centers …