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.

 

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