Mark McClellan of the Brookings Institution joined a PCPCC webinar to discuss the important role primary care leadership plays in health care transformation, including physician-led ACOs and other payment reform initiatives.
He highlighted major themes and recommendations from a recently released ACO Learning Network toolkit, Adopting Accountable Care: An Implementation Guide for Physician Practices. The four major themes include:
identifying and managing high-risk patients;
crafting referral networks;
effectively using event notifications and other health IT; and
engaging patients
Dr. McClellan also discussed ways that the Sustainable Growth Rate and other payment reforms can reinforce and encourage the development of physician-led ACOs and other delivery system transformations, such as more team-based care, better use of advanced practice nurses, and the further development of medical homes.
