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Every year, you may hear more and more about Accountable Care Organizations

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Every year, you may hear more and more about Accountable Care Organizations. Generally referred to as ACOs, groups of doctors, hospitals, and other healthcare providers voluntarily give coordinated, high-quality healthcare to their Medicare patients. The goal of coordinated care is to ensure that patients, especially the chronically ill, get the right care at the right time while avoiding unnecessary duplication of services and preventing medical errors (Centers for Medicare, 2019). As a healthcare administrator, you must ensure that you understand the various healthcare organizations available for your facility, employees, and patients. For this discussion, you examine Accountable Care Organizations and the programs that they support, as well as the best practices used by these programs in the effort to guarantee high-quality care to their Medicare patients. ? Expand this discussion by highlighting the differences between your posting and your colleagues' postings. Provide additional insights or alternative perspectives. ? The initial post must require a minimum of four (4) current quality references, two (2) references must be current peer-reviewed articles ? Your initial answer must be 250-300 words, not counting the list of references. ? Focus on presenting critical thinking ideas and synthesis in your posts and less on stating and describing. To prepare for this discussion: Review this week's Learning Resources. ? Required Readings: Textbook Chapters: 9 & 12 “Please cite some of the references from the book” Chapters, Population Health, Third Edition. David B. Nash, MD, MBA; Raymond J. Fabius, MD; Alexis Skoufalos, EdD; Richard L. O. ISBN: 9781284166606. Supplemental Readings and Resources Supplemental Readings and Resources Peer-reviewed Articles: Cohen-Mekelburg, S.; Waljee, A.; Kenney, B.; Tapper, E., (2020). Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology, 2020-09, 18 (10), p.2340-2348.e3. https://wrlc-gwahlth.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01WRLC_GWAHLTH/gr7gmc/cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2337069050 Devereaux, S., Debra; Z, David (2018). Population health management: A community imperative. American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, 75(2), p.46-48. http://proxygw.wrlc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=rzh&AN=127211499&site=ehost-live&scope=site&authtype=ip,uid&custid=s8987071 Ritchie, C.; Leff, B (2018). Population Health and Tailored Medical Care in the Home: the Roles of Home-Based Primary Care and Home-Based Palliative Care. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 55(3), pp.1041-1046.http://proxygw.wrlc.org/login?url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0885392417305420 Gottlieb, L; Glymour, M; Kersten, E; Taing, E; Hagan, E; Vlahov, D; Adler, (2016). Challenges to an integrated population health research agenda: Targets, scale, tradeoffs, and timing. Social Science & Medicine, 150, pp.279-285.http://proxygw.wrlc.org/login?url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277953615302124 Websites and Multi-Media: Using Care Coordination to Improve Patients' Engagement and Health https://www.ajmc.com/journals/evidence-based-diabetes-management/2016/december-2016/using-care-coordination-to-improve-patients-engagement-and-health Opportunities to improve care coordination and patient engagement https://www.academyhealth.org/blog/2018-07/opportunities-improve-care-coordination-and-patient-engagement-among-medicaid-beneficiaries What Does It Take to Increase Patient Engagement in Primary Care Settings? https://catalyst.nejm.org/patient-engagement-primary-care-practices/ Physician Engagement Strategies in Care Coordination: Findings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Health Care Innovation Awards Program https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5264033/ Community Care Coordination at a Glance https://innovations.ahrq.gov/topic-collections/community-care-coordination-glance Population health management requires care coordination and patient engagement https://healthcare-conversation.com/2018/11/28/population-health-management-requires-care-coordination-and-patient-engagement/ Improving Quality of Care Through Care Coordination https://www.medscape.org/viewarticle/841260_2 Supporting Care Coordination within the PCMH model https://www.pcpcc.org/webinar/supporting-care-coordination-within-pcmh-model