Policy makers and payers increasingly hold health systems accountable for spending and quality for their attributed beneficiaries. Low-value care—medical services that offer little or no benefit and ...

Over 100 years ago, researchers discovered Optimal Anxiety Theory when studying mice performance. It turns out that neither being relaxed, nor being under a lot of pressure, maximize productivity.

ACOs managing complex populations face challenges like patient attribution, irrelevant quality measures, and financial constraints, requiring tailored strategies for effective care delivery.

An editorial in response to the editor in chief’s December 2021 letter discusses alignment of specialist physicians with value-based care initiatives. In his December 2021 letter, The American Journal ...

Accountability is crucial for personal and professional growth, but our natural inclination to avoid discomfort often hinders our ability to be truly accountable. The ego serves as a barrier to ...

Accountable care organizations have proliferated in the past three years. The increase has been spurred by private payors’ interest in coordinated care management and the Patient Protection and ...

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront featured topic, Accountable Care for Population Health, featuring analysis and discussion of how to understand, design, support, and measure ...

The South Carolina-based health system's ACO is working in collaboration with CVS Accountable Care. Prisma Health has established a collaboration between its accountable care organization, InVio ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. While company policy should protect benefits and hold management accountable in part for employee happiness, employees also need to start ...