Premier Healthcare Alliance, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
Health Aff (Millwood). 2011 Jan;30(1):41-50. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2010.0935.
Accountable care organizations, scheduled to become part of the Medicare program under the Affordable Care Act, have been promoted as a way to improve health care quality, reduce growth in costs, and increase patients' satisfaction. It is unclear how these organizations will develop. Yet in principle they will have to meet quality metrics, adopt improved care processes, assume risk, and provide incentives for population health and wellness. These capabilities represent a radical departure from today's health delivery system. In May 2010 the Premier healthcare alliance formed the Accountable Care Implementation Collaborative, which consists of health systems that seek to pursue accountability by forming partnerships with private payers to evolve from fee-for-service payment models to new, value-driven models. This article describes how participants in the collaborative are building models and developing best practices that can inform the implementation of accountable care organizations as well as public policies.
责任医疗组织计划成为平价医疗法案下医疗保险计划的一部分,它们被宣传为改善医疗质量、降低成本增长和提高患者满意度的一种方式。这些组织将如何发展尚不清楚。然而,原则上,它们必须达到质量指标,采用改进的护理流程,承担风险,并为人口的健康和幸福提供激励。这些能力代表了与当今医疗服务系统的根本背离。2010 年 5 月,Premier Healthcare 联盟成立了责任医疗实施合作组织,该组织由寻求通过与私人支付方建立伙伴关系,从按服务收费的支付模式向新的以价值为驱动的模式转变来追求责任的医疗系统组成。本文描述了合作组织的参与者如何构建模型和开发最佳实践,为责任医疗组织的实施以及公共政策提供信息。