Primary Care, ACOs, and Payment Reform: A Conversation with Mark McClellan of the Brookings Institution

Primary Care, ACOs, and Payment Reform: A Conversation with Mark McClellan of the Brookings Institution

 

Mark McClellan of the Brookings Institution joined a PCPCC webinar to discuss the important role primary care leadership plays in health care transformation, including physician-led ACOs and other payment reform initiatives. 

He highlighted major themes and recommendations from a recently released ACO Learning Network toolkit, Adopting Accountable Care: An Implementation Guide for Physician Practices. The four major themes include: 

  • identifying and managing high-risk patients;
  • crafting referral networks; 
  • effectively using event notifications and other health IT; and 
  • engaging patients 

Dr. McClellan also discussed ways that the Sustainable Growth Rate and other payment reforms can reinforce and encourage the development of physician-led ACOs and other delivery system transformations, such as more team-based care, better use of advanced practice nurses, and the further development of medical homes.

 

Mark McClellan, MD, PhD

Director, Health Care Innovation and Value Initiative, Senior Fellow, Economic Studies, The Brookings Institution
Mark McClellan, MD, PhD, is a senior fellow and director of the Health Care Innovation and Value Initiative at the Brookings Institution. Within Brookings, his work focuses on promoting quality and value in patient centered health care. A doctor and economist by training, he also has a highly distinguished record in public service and in academic research. Dr. McClellan is a former administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and former commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), where he developed and implemented major reforms in health policy. These include the Medicare prescription drug benefit, the FDA’s Critical Path Initiative, and public-private initiatives to develop better information on the quality and cost of care. Dr. read more
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