May 2022 Webinar: Accountable Care Organizations ACOs: What the Research Tells Us

The Medicare Shared Savings Program, launched in 2012 and now covering 11 million beneficiaries, is the most-studied ACO model. What have we learned to date? Do we understand factors that influence ACO performance on quality and cost metrics? What role does primary care play, and what program features might be changed to harness primary care’s power to improve outcomes? A recent NEJM Perspective suggests that CMS/CMMI officials are interested in the community’s input on MSSP.

Panelists:

•David Muhlestein, PhD, JD, chief research officer, Leavitt Partners

•Jonathan Gonzalez-Smith, MPAff, research associate, Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy

Moderator: Hoangmai (Mai) H. Pham, MD MPh, president and CEO, Institute for Exceptional Care

David Muhlestein, PhD, JD

Chief Strategy and Chief Research Officer, Leavitt Partners
David Muhlestein, PhD, JD, is Chief Strategy and Chief Research Officer for Leavitt Partners. He is responsible for the firm’s strategic planning and leads Leavitt Partners-directed research. David’s research and expertise centers on healthcare payment and delivery transformation, understanding healthcare markets, and evaluating how the broader healthcare system is changing. He is a self-identified data nerd and regularly speaks and writes about healthcare system evolution. read more

Jonathan Gonzalez-Smith, MPAff

Research associate, Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy
Jonathan Gonzalez-Smith is a research associate at the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy, where he is responsible for helping lead the Center’s work on international models of accountable care, health financing, global health innovation, and payment and delivery reform. His research evaluates how to support health system transformation at the organizational, regional, national, and international level to achieve better population health while promoting efficiency, equity, and high-quality care. read more

Hoangmail (Mai) H. Pham, MD, MPH

President & CEO, Institute for Exceptional Care
Hoangmai (Mai) H. Pham is President and CEO of Institute for Exceptional Care, a non-profit dedicated to transforming healthcare for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Dr. Pham is a general internist and national health policy leader. She was Vice President at Anthem, responsible for value-based care initiatives. Prior to Anthem, Dr. Pham served as Chief Innovation Officer at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, where she was a founding official, and the architect of foundational programs on accountable care organizations and primary care. Dr. Pham has published extensively on provider payment policy and its intersection with health disparities, quality performance, provider behavior, and market trends. She serves on the boards of Atlantic Health System and the Coalition to Transform Advanced Care. read more
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