Value-Based Care

To create a strong sense of co-ownership between health systems and physicians, Robert Williams, MD, Director, Deloitte, Consulting LLP, says it's important to encourage physician engagement with organizations.

A population health management approach to identify, track, and intervene with diabetic patients before their blood sugar becomes poorly controlled can improve their overall health.

Hospital systems across the country are increasingly vying to establish some of the first treatment centers to provide proton beam therapy, a high-tech radiation treatment for cancer.

Charles Kennedy, MD, MBA, CEO, Accountable Care Solutions, Aetna Inc., says that part of an Accountable Care Organization's (ACOs) objective is changing how care is delivered.

Could transparency in healthcare pricing decrease the disparity of costs in routine procedures?

Michael Cropp, MD, MBA, President and Chief Executive Officer, Independent Health, believes Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) are one of the current models redesigning the healthcare system.

Jeff Goldsmith, PhD, President, Health Futures, Inc, Associate Professor of Public Health Sciences, University of Virginia, says that the biggest barrier that accountable care organizations (ACOs) face is the lack of collaboration between physician communities and hospitals.