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Using Gainsharing to Transition to an ACO at JFK Health: 6 Critical Success Factors

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Implementing an ACO is one of the most difficult strategic transformations that a health care system can attempt. The alignment of physicians and hospitals that comes from gainsharing helps to ensure a successful ACO launch.

Using Gainsharing to Transition to an ACO at JFK Health: 6 Critical Success Factors examines one organization’s experience with how a gainsharing program helped in its transition to an ACO.  The article was featured in the December 2014 issue of Accountable Care News, and is coauthored by myself and William Oser, MD, the Acting Executive Director, JFK Health ACO; Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, JFK Health (Edison, NJ).

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5 Steps to Physician Alignment Using Gainsharing

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Gainsharing provides a stepping stone by beginning the process of getting physicians and hospitals to work together to successfully transition to value-based models.  On November 25, 2014, Becker’s Hospital Review released an article written by myself and AMS VP Anthony Stanowski called “5 steps to physician alignment using gainsharing.” 
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Why Quarterbacks and Primary Care Physicians Need an Aligned Team to Succeed

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Raise your hand if you have a primary care provider.  No – you are not alone.  Many people, especially those with no chronic health issues are opting not to have a primary.  Instead, when needed, they visit an urgicenter or a clinic in a chain drug store.  This provides them with care for common ailments (think the flu), preventive
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Motivating Physicians: Dollars and Sense

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Jo and I had a great conversation last week with Dr. Joe Bujak, MD, FACP,  the author of several books including Inside the Physician Mind: Finding Common Ground with Doctors (2008).  Bujak’s premise is that physicians are driven by their personal visions and goals, and that organizations need to align their interests Read More

Financial Incentives are Only Part of the Strength of Physician Alignment

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Seems everyone is talking about physician alignment.  In March 2014, Tom Atchison presented at ACHE’s Congress (2014) the session:  “Physician Alignment:  Dos and Taboos.”   Atchison reinforced to attendees to make sure to not call employed physicians “owned”.  He reflected that just because a health system
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