The collaborative will assist member organizations to gain and strengthen the critical capabilities necessary to become a successful ACO, according to the release. The first meeting of the group will coincide with the AMGA National Summit on Accountable Care Organizations, taking place Sep. 29-Oct. 1 in Hollywood, Fla.
Topics explored in the collaborative will include: the roles of purchasers and payors in ACOs, models of clinical integration, critical issues in population management, standardizing care processes, employing IT systems to support reporting and transparency and legal challenges and regulatory hurdles.
Participating medical groups include:
• ABQ Health Partners (Albuquerque, N.M.)
• Advocate Physician Partners (Mount Prospect, Ill.)
• Alegent Health Clinic (Omaha, Neb.)
• Arch Health Partners (Poway, Calif.)
• Crystal Run Healthcare (Middletown, N.Y.)
• District Medical Group (Phoenix)
• Esse Health (St. Louis)
• Harbin Clinic (Rome, Ga.)
• Holzer Clinic (Gallipolis, Ohio)
• Montefiore Medical Center (Bronx, N.Y.)
• New Lexington Clinic (Lexington, Ky.)
• Physicians of Southwest Washington (Seattle)
• The Polyclinic (Seattle)
• The Portland Clinic (Portland, Ore.)
• Portland IPA (Portland, Ore.)
• Vanderbilt Medical Group (Nashville, Tenn.)
• Walla Walla Clinic (Walla Walla, Wash.)
• Weill Cornell Physician Organization (New York City)
• Wilmington Health (Wilmington, N.C.)
Read the AGMA release on the AGMA ACO Development Collaborative.
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– Physician Involvement Key to Successful Accountable Care Organizations
