Fact Based List:

Commonwealth Fund: Accountable Care Strategies- Lessons from the Premier Accountable Care Collaborative

  1. Many different organizational models could work for ACOs
  2. ACOs must align business with value-based payments
  3. Leaders need to design collaboration incentives
  4. ACOs need financial modeling to assess economic impact
  5. Extensive investment in HIT is needed to coordinate care
  6. ACOs must measure performance on a broad range of measures

Source: A. J. Forster, B. G. Childs, J. F. Damore et al., Accountable Care Strategies: Lessons from the Premier Health Care Alliance's Accountable Care Collaborative, The Commonwealth Fund, August 2012.
Source URL: http://www.commonwealthfund.org/Publications/Fund-Reports/20...