Accountable Care at the Frontlines of a Health System: Bridging Aspiration and Reality

Ganguli and Ferris examines the tensions between the aspirations and realities of accountable care and how health system leaders might ease the transition from volume to value. They states that, although as accountable care organizations (ACOs) care for less than 20% of the US population, these care...

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Published in:JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association 2018-02, Vol.319 (7), p.655-656
Main Authors: Ganguli, Ishani, Ferris, Timothy G
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accountable care organizations
Accountable Care Organizations - standards
Health
Health care
Health care expenditures
Health Policy
Patients
Quality Indicators, Health Care
United States
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Summary:Ganguli and Ferris examines the tensions between the aspirations and realities of accountable care and how health system leaders might ease the transition from volume to value. They states that, although as accountable care organizations (ACOs) care for less than 20% of the US population, these care models hold promise toward the goal of greater value with more moderate increases in costs of care. To realize the aspirations of accountable care, abstract policy goals must be translated into clinically meaningful programs to improve quality and reduce costs across the numerous interactions between clinicians and patients that form each dynamic health system. In the process, some tensions may be inevitable but if the efforts result in better care for patients, they will be worth the trouble.
ISSN:0098-7484
1538-3598
DOI:10.1001/jama.2017.18995