Course
Building and Running an ACO
The operator's course: governance and participant alignment, the data and analytics stack, managing attribution, care management and network leakage, quality reporting, benchmark strategy, and what makes an ACO last.
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Choose an ACO program and risk track suited to an organization's capabilities and capital
- Explain why governance and physician leadership affect an ACO's financial results
- Describe the data an ACO receives and what it must add to manage its population
- Manage the core operational levers of attribution, care management, and network leakage
- Anticipate how benchmark rebasing affects an ACO's savings over several years
Foundations
What an ACO is as an operating organization, the honest business case, and how to choose a program and risk track in a shifting landscape.
Governance and Structure
The legal entity and governing body, aligning physician and hospital participants, and whether to build, buy, or join.
The Data and Analytics Stack
The data an ACO receives and must add, turning it into a ranked list of opportunities, and monitoring performance against a lagging benchmark.
Managing the Core Levers
The three operational levers that move results: attribution, care management, and the network where leakage is won or lost.
Quality, Benchmark, and Sustainability
The quality gate on savings, the benchmark as a multi-year strategic variable, and what separates ACOs that last from those that quit.