In conjunction with LMHS, several members of IPALC are participating in the Brookings-Dartmouth ACO Learning Network. This is a program to help all of us learn about ACOs, and have an opportunity to observe first hand the implementation and development of this model in other communities. If you are interested in being involved and learning more, please contact Dr. Penuel. For more information, please see ACO Workgroup.

Accountable Care Organizations (David Glass, Jeff Stensland 4-9-2008)

Accountable Care Organizations--Key Characteristics and Activities (Thomas Rundall, 6-4-2007)

Creating Accountable Care Organizations: The Extended Hospital Medical Staff (Elliott Fisher 12-2006)

Creating Accountable Care Organizations: Why the Extended Hospital Medical Staff ? (Elliott Fisher 2-9-2007)

The Extended Hospital Medical Staff-Multispecialty Group Practice for All? (Elliott Fisher 2-28-2007)

Variations in Spending and Quality (Elliott Fisher 2-28-2007)

Collective Accountability for Medical Care--Toward Bundled Medicare Payments (NEJM 7-3-2008)

ACOs-Reforming Provider Payment: Moving Toward Accountabiliity for Quality and Value (March 2009)

ACOs-Development and Implementation

ACOs_Overview_03_2009 (Slide Presentation)

Brookings-Dartmouth Collaborative-Biographies

Report to the Congress: Improving Incentives in the Medicare Program (MEDPAC June 2009)--See Chapter 2 for detailed information about ACOs.

Doctors as the Key to Health Care Reform; Getting Past Denial--The High Cost of Health Care in the United States (NEJM 9-24-2009)

Perspective Roundtable: Costs of Healthcare  This video does not require a subscription to the journal. Follow this link to access the video: http://content.nejm.org/