TY - JOUR
T1 - Public health departments and accountable care organizations
T2 - Finding common ground in population health
AU - Ingram, Richard
AU - Scutchfield, F. Douglas
AU - Costich, Julia F.
PY - 2015/5/1
Y1 - 2015/5/1
N2 - We examined areas of potential collaboration between accountable care organizations and public health agencies, as well as perceived barriers and facilitators. We interviewed 9 key informants on 4 topics: advantages of public health agency involvement in accountable care organizations; services public health agencies could provide; practical, cultural, and legal barriers to accountable care organization-public health agency involvement; and business models that facilitate accountable care organization-public health agency collaboration. Public health agencies could help accountable care organizations partner with community organizations and reach vulnerable patients, provide population-based services and surveillance data, and promote policies that improve member health. Barriers include accountable care organizations' need for short-term financial yield, limited public health agency technical and financial capacity, and the absence of a financial model.
AB - We examined areas of potential collaboration between accountable care organizations and public health agencies, as well as perceived barriers and facilitators. We interviewed 9 key informants on 4 topics: advantages of public health agency involvement in accountable care organizations; services public health agencies could provide; practical, cultural, and legal barriers to accountable care organization-public health agency involvement; and business models that facilitate accountable care organization-public health agency collaboration. Public health agencies could help accountable care organizations partner with community organizations and reach vulnerable patients, provide population-based services and surveillance data, and promote policies that improve member health. Barriers include accountable care organizations' need for short-term financial yield, limited public health agency technical and financial capacity, and the absence of a financial model.
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U2 - 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302483
DO - 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302483
M3 - Review article
C2 - 25790392
AN - SCOPUS:84926680125
SN - 0090-0036
VL - 105
SP - 840
EP - 846
JO - American Journal of Public Health
JF - American Journal of Public Health
IS - 5
ER -