Public health departments and accountable care organizations: Finding common ground in population health

R. Ingram, F.D. Scutchfield and J.F. Costich

American Journal of Public Health, 2015, vol. 105, issue 5, 840-846

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: accountable care organization; cooperation; economics; government; health care quality; human; organization and management; public health service; public relations; United States, Accountable Care Organizations; Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (U.S.); Cooperative Behavior; Humans; Interinstitutional Relations; Public Health Administration; Quality Assurance, Health Care; United States (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302483

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