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The best ACOs will create patient and payer experiences that have the power to create long-term, emotional connections with healthcare consumers of all ages. For Accountable Care Organizations, connecting with the market and engaging people to take better care of their health through prevention, healthful habits and treatment recommendations is the holy grail of...
Many states have laws on the books that create square pegs for newly-created round holes under healthcare reform… –Maria Todd I recently had a discussion with a behavioral healthcare provider in Florida who was commenting that her patient volume was down, managed care contract rates were too low to be sustainable, and she was...
At Mercury Advisory Group our experts have distilled the ACO and Integrated Physician Network Development process into six distinct steps that every ACO, IPA, PHO or MSO must take regardless of the business model they ultimately select: ACO/PHO Ideation elaboration Broad enough to be comprehensive Anchored enough to the realities of implementation ACO/PHO Feasibility Analysis...