The ACO Show

Season 4 of the ACO show kicks off with the return of Travis Broome @Travis_Broome and Ahmed Haque @aehaque on 2021 results in the Medicare Shared Savings Program, why more primary care lowers the total cost of taking care of patients, and some changes coming to the MSSP program for 2023.

Josh (@DrJIsrael) and Brian (@chiglinsky) are joined by Miranda Morris, Aledade’s Market President for Arkansas and Dr. Shawn Purifoy, Regional Medical Director at Aledade and independent physician, to discuss how value-based care networks like ACOs grow.

Josh (@DrJIsrael) and Brian (@chiglinsky) are joined by Dr. Andy Ryan - Professor of Health Management and Policy at the University of Michigan, Director of the University’s Center for Evaluating Health Reform who takes us through a recent paper looking at the evidence on value-based care among commercial health insurance contracts.

Josh (@DrJIsrael) and Brian (@chiglinsky) are joined by Dr. Jonathan Lilly, physician, and Nancee Barnett, practice manager, from Dunbar Medical Associates (www.dmawv.com) in West Virginia, to discuss their approach to team-based care and why it’s important for the success of a practice.

Josh (@DrJIsrael) and Brian (@chiglinsky) are joined by Dan Bowles, Aledade’s Chief Growth Officer, to discuss his career at Aledade, the changes that the value-based care movement has seen through the years, and why signing up for an ACO today can help set primary care organizations up for success for the upcoming performance year.

Josh (@DrJIsrael) and Brian (@chiglinsky) are joined by Mat Kendall (@matkendall), President of Aledade, and Kristy McGlothin (@kristymcglothin), Program Manager, to learn about Project Solo, Aledade’s initiative to support the unique needs of small private practices. They also speak with Dr. Pedro Ylisastigui (www.primarycareim.com), an internal medicine primary care provider in Lehigh Acres, Florida, about being independent and what it’s like to switch ACOs.

Josh (@DrJIsrael) and Brian (@chiglinsky) are joined by Nick Kinkaid, Aledade’s Chief Product Officer who takes us through his career path from Tesla to Google to his current role, and he explains what is “Product” and how it applies at a company like Aledade.

Josh (@DrJIsrael) and Brian (@chiglinsky) are joined by Dr. Alok Gupta, a solo practitioner at Arjun Medical Center in Virginia alokguptamd.com, who shares the trials and triumphs of being a physician throughout the pandemic, how Delegate Danica Roem (@pwcdanica) advocated for vaccines at local physician offices, how Dr. Gupta's practice stepped up for the community and how they are preparing for what comes next.

Brian (@chiglinsky) is joined by Aledade’s Policy Dream Team: Sean Cavanaugh (@dc_cavanaugh), Chief Policy and Chief Commercial Officer, Travis Broome (@Travis_Broome), Senior Vice President for Policy and Economics, and Casey Korba (@casey_korba), Director of Policy, as they share an overview of Healthcare Value Week and CMS’ changes to Direct Contracting, now known as ACO Reach.

Welcome to the ACO Show. Today, Josh is joined by Chrissy Farr, a former tech journalist and now Principal Investor at OMERS Ventures, and Dr. Jonathan Slotkin, Chief Medical Officer at Contigo Health. Our guests share their skepticism of value-based care and  how to engage high-cost medical specialists in outcomes-based arrangements.