ACO Profile Archive
| Learning from AdvocateCare: How Pathologists are Bolstering Growth and Savings in a Commercial ACO | |
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Coordinated care models in the private sector—now totaling over 250 across the country—are far outpacing the 116 accountable care organizations (ACOs) now launched under the Medicare Shared Savings program, driven not so much by the health care reform law, but in pursuit of containing costs and increasing quality of care and value for both patients and payers. DOWNLOAD PDF of story |
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| Catholic Medical Partners’ Pathologists Critical to Developing Quality Measures | |
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Physicians and leaders at Catholic Health, a regional health system in western New York, were confident a decade ago—even before the term accountable care organization (ACO) entered the health care lexicon—that fee-for-service based reimbursement was going away in favor of bundled payments. DOWNLOAD PDF of story |
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| Geisinger’s Pathologists Lead Coordinated Care by Owning All Laboratory Services | |
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Often cited as one of the inspirations behind the current accountable care organization (ACO) concept, Pennsylvania’s Geisinger Health System has been laying the foundation for coordinated care over the last 10 years. Read Insights from CAP Member Conrad, Schuerch, MD, FCAP, who is Chairman of Geisinger Medical Laboratories. DOWNLOAD PDF of story |
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| Building an ACO at North Shore LIJ Health System: Insights from Pathologist James Crawford | |
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James Crawford, MD, PhD, FCAP, is part of a team tasked with building an ACO-capable integrated health care network based on over 2,000 employed physicians and 7,000 affiliated physicians. Read Insights from CAP Member Dr. Crawford. DOWNLOAD PDF of story. |
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