The ACO Show

125. Commercial Value-Based Care

Josh (@DrJIsrael) and Brian (@chiglinsky) are joined by Dr. Andy Ryan - Professor of Health Management and Policy at the University of Michigan, Director of the University’s Center for Evaluating Health Reform who takes us through a recent paper looking at the evidence on value-based care among commercial health insurance contracts.

124. Tackling Team-Based Care

Josh (@DrJIsrael) and Brian (@chiglinsky) are joined by Dr. Jonathan Lilly, physician, and Nancee Barnett, practice manager, from Dunbar Medical Associates (www.dmawv.com) in West Virginia, to discuss their approach to team-based care and why it’s important for the success of a practice.

123. The Deadline To Join An ACO Is Approaching - Join An Aledade ACO Today

Josh (@DrJIsrael) and Brian (@chiglinsky) are joined by Dan Bowles, Aledade’s Chief Growth Officer, to discuss his career at Aledade, the changes that the value-based care movement has seen through the years, and why signing up for an ACO today can help set primary care organizations up for success for the upcoming performance year.

122. Project Solo: Supporting Small Primary Care Practices

Josh (@DrJIsrael) and Brian (@chiglinsky) are joined by Mat Kendall (@matkendall), President of Aledade, and Kristy McGlothin (@kristymcglothin), Program Manager, to learn about Project Solo, Aledade’s initiative to support the unique needs of small private practices. They also speak with Dr. Pedro Ylisastigui (www.primarycareim.com), an internal medicine primary care provider in Lehigh Acres, Florida, about being independent and what it’s like to switch ACOs.

121. What is “Product?”

Josh (@DrJIsrael) and Brian (@chiglinsky) are joined by Nick Kinkaid, Aledade’s Chief Product Officer who takes us through his career path from Tesla to Google to his current role, and he explains what is “Product” and how it applies at a company like Aledade.

120. Practicing through Omicron

Josh (@DrJIsrael) and Brian (@chiglinsky) are joined by Dr. Alok Gupta, a solo practitioner at Arjun Medical Center in Virginia alokguptamd.com, who shares the trials and triumphs of being a physician throughout the pandemic, how Delegate Danica Roem (@pwcdanica) advocated for vaccines at local physician offices, how Dr. Gupta's practice stepped up for the community and how they are preparing for what comes next.

119. Healthcare Value Week Recap and Changes To Direct Contracting

Brian (@chiglinsky) is joined by Aledade’s Policy Dream Team: Sean Cavanaugh (@dc_cavanaugh), Chief Policy and Chief Commercial Officer, Travis Broome (@Travis_Broome), Senior Vice President for Policy and Economics, and Casey Korba (@casey_korba), Director of Policy, as they share an overview of Healthcare Value Week and CMS’ changes to Direct Contracting, now known as ACO Reach.

118. Value-Based Care Skepticism

Welcome to the ACO Show. Today, Josh is joined by Chrissy Farr, a former tech journalist and now Principal Investor at OMERS Ventures, and Dr. Jonathan Slotkin, Chief Medical Officer at Contigo Health. Our guests share their skepticism of value-based care and  how to engage high-cost medical specialists in outcomes-based arrangements.

117. Advanced Care Planning in Value Based Care

Josh (@DrJIsrael), Emily Maxon, and Dr. Stephen Bekanich and Steve Wardle from @iris_healthcare discuss advance care planning and why it is such an important part of healthcare. 

116. Healthcare Investing

Josh (@DrJIsrael), Brian (@chiglinsky) and Bijan (@bijans) discuss healthcare investing, including the difference between venture capital and private equity, some of the challenges of company mergers and when a venture-backed company should try to become a publicly traded stock.