The ACO Show

Tyler Blanchard (@skibumblanch), Executive Director of Aledade's Delaware Accountable Care Organization (ACO), provides an in depth look into what it takes to manage a successful ACO comprised of high-performing independent providers. Tyler also gives Josh (@DrJIsrael) and Joe (@JoeShonkwiler) his expert opinion on what makes the First State such fertile ground for fostering new and innovative ideas.

Dr. Annette DuBard (@AnnetteDuBard), Aledade’s VP of clinical strategy, digs into the crucial role of promoting high value specialist referrals when pursuing value-based care. Annette also gives Josh (@DrJIsrael) and Joe (@JoeShonkwiler) a view into clinical strategy at Aledade and how it informs an emerging tech-enabled, healthcare product offering.

Dr. Shawn Purifoy (@drsp27) is a primary care provider at Malvern Family Medical Clinic in rural Arkansas, and Dr. Lee Fleischer is a primary care provider at PMA Medical Specialists in suburban Philadelphia. Despite practicing in dramatically different parts of the country, Shawn and Lee are in the vanguard of the value-based care revolution and Medical Directors at Aledade (@AledadeACO). They join Josh (@DrJIsrael) and Joe (@JoeShonkwiler) to discuss how primary care providers are leading the charge that is changing the face of American healthcare.

Dr. Bob Kocher (@bobkocher) is a member of Aledade’s Board of Directors and a Partner at Venrock, where he focuses on healthcare IT and services investments. Additionally, he is a Consulting Professor at Stanford University School of Medicine, Senior Fellow and Advisory Board Member at the Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics at USC, and Guest Scholar at the Brookings Institution Engleberg Center for Health Reform. Bob talks about how he went from clinical medicine to health policy to venture capital and why he was Aledade’s first investor. He even gives Josh (@DrJIsrael ) and Joe (@JoeShonkwiler) some background on his annual list of healthcare predictions.

Travis Broome (@Travis_Broome), VP of Policy at Aledade, returns to The ACO Show to provide some insight on the recent regulatory changes that will impact ACOs and their participating practices.

Dr. Emily Maxson, an internal medicine physician and the senior Vice President at Aledade Inc. for Medical Affairs, delves into all that is value-based care with Josh (@DrJIsrael) and Joe (@JoeShonkwiler).

Josh (@DrJIsrael) and Joe (@JoeShonkwiler) interview with Aneesh Chopra (@aneeshchopra) Co-Founder of Hunch Analytics, President of CareJourney; and Former Chief Technology Office of the United States & Virginia Secretary of Technology.  He is also the author of Innovative State. Aneesh describes the role of data and analytics in transforming the US healthcare system and what he sees as the key factors that drive success in value-based care.  He brings his years of expertise and leadership to a wide-ranging discussion on the history, politics, and technological innovation that impact American healthcare at every level.

Josh (@DrJIsrael) and Joe (@JoeShonkwiler) interview Dr. Alex Blum (@alexblum), Aledade Vice President of Strategic Partnerships. Alex details how well crafted partnerships can help drive value-based care and how payers outside of the Medicare world can be key when developing Accountable Care Organizations.

Josh (@DrJIsrael) and Joe (@JoeShonkwiler) interview with Rick Velandingham (@rickvHIT) Vice President of Electronic Health Record (EHR) Optimization at Aledade.  Rick discusses the role of EHRs in value-based care, and challenges and opportunities presented in current EHR landscape.  Rick also sheds light on how a company approaches a national strategy for EHR optimization while working with many different EHRs

Dr. Jen Brull (@mrsbrull) and Dr. Ryan Knopp join the ACO show to share their on-the-ground experience as primary care providers in an Accountable Care Organization, and how cutting edge population health and the use of data to improve patient care is making a difference in the Heartland.