Accountable care around the world: a framework to guide reform strategies

M McClellan, J Kent, SJ Beales, SIA Cohen… - Health …, 2014 - healthaffairs.org
… in the United States involves accountable care organizations (ACOs), … pilot program called
Integrated Care Pioneers. More … have clearly not succeeded in reducing costs. Nonetheless, …

Beyond capitation: how new payment experiments seek to find the 'sweet spot'in amount of risk providers and payers bear

AB Frakt, R Mayes - Health Affairs, 2012 - healthaffairs.org
Pioneer Accountable Care Organizations are eligible to … likely to succeed as accountable
care organizations. Some … offer an opportunity to increase quality and reduce spending while …

First national survey of ACOs finds that physicians are playing strong leadership and ownership roles

CH Colla, VA Lewis, SM Shortell, ES Fisher - Health Affairs, 2014 - healthaffairs.org
… the formation of accountable care organizations (ACOs). … Medicare contract but less likely
to participate in the Pioneer … IT infrastructure was the most frequently cited challenge, and …

Bending the spending curve by altering care delivery patterns: the role of care management within a pioneer ACO

J Hsu, M Price, C Vogeli, R Brand, ME Chernew… - Health …, 2017 - healthaffairs.org
accountable care organizations (ACOs)—to fee-for-service … ACOs reduce spending primarily
through lowering the cost of … how one large and successful Pioneer ACO appears to have …

Solving the sustainable growth rate formula conundrum continues steps toward cost savings and care improvements

JD Reschovsky, L Converse, EC Rich - Health Affairs, 2015 - healthaffairs.org
… payment models, such as accountable care organizations (ACOs), … organizations selected
by CMS to participate in the Pioneer … 36 CMS.gov . Fact sheets: proposed policy and payment …

[HTML][HTML] Measuring success in health care value-based purchasing programs: findings from an environmental scan, literature review, and expert panel discussions

CL Damberg, ME Sorbero, SL Lovejoy… - Rand health …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… being tested, including accountable care organizations (ACOs) … Examples they cited were
the creation of more integrated … Pioneer ACO on July 16, 2013.[] In the first performance year…

[HTML][HTML] Provider experiences with chronic care management (CCM) services and fees: a qualitative research study

AS O'Malley, R Sarwar, R Keith, P Balke, S Ma… - Journal of general …, 2017 - Springer
… to improve the quality of care while reducing expenditures., 2 … CCM were similar to those
mentioned by billing providers and by … had found successful ways to discuss CCM with patients. …

Accountable care organizations: ensuring focus on cardiovascular health

KK Patel, JE Cigarroa, J Nadel, DJ Cohen… - Circulation, 2015 - Am Heart Assoc
… aim of better health, better care, and lower costs, payment … The CMS Pioneer ACO program
showed an estimated net savings of … Professional organizations can assist in the successful

The coming experiments in integrating and coordinating care for 'dual eligibles'

H Meyer - 2012 - healthaffairs.org
… Under the Affordable Care Act, CMS also is moving forward … on its experience as a pioneer
in care coordination for dual … To extrapolate from the successful ones that have been working …

How policy makers can smooth the way for communication-and-resolution programs

WM Sage, TH Gallagher, S Armstrong, JS Cohn… - Health …, 2014 - healthaffairs.org
… that the path to successful dissemination of CRPs would be … increasing interest among health
care institutions, in part as … in New York, hospitals repeatedly mentioned the absence of a …