The JP Morgan Healthcare Conference was held in San Francisco from January 8th = 11th 2018. in this interview Andre Berger MD, CEO of National ACO a best in class performing Next Generation Model ACO chats with Stephen Bernstein, Global Head of the Healthcare Practice at McDermott, WIll & Emery LLP. Follow on twitter via @McDermottLaw. More about S…

Tuesday, December 19th, 2017 our featured guest is June Simmons, President, Partners in Care Foundation, who's mission statement notes: 'Changing health care systems, changing communities, changing lives.' More about June (full bio here): 'Ms. Simmons is nationally recognized for her leadership in the administration of health care organizations. Si…

December 12th on This Week in Accountable Care at 5PM PT/8PM ET our featured guest is Julian Malinak, President of Canvas Medical (follow @CanvasMedical). Topics include: Evolution of ACO benchmarking methodologies including the major issues with benchmarkingCenter for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) vision for how different ACO models (i.e., …

October 31st on This Week in Accountable Care at 5PM PT/8PM ET our very special guest is Andy Slavitt. Andy Slavitt is the former Acting Administrator of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) under the Obama administration who currently serves as Senior Advisor to the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC). More about Andy: Andy Slavitt is a …

October 24th on This Week in Accountable Care at 5PM PT/8PM ET our very special guest is Farzad Mostashri, MD. Dr. Mostashari (@Farzad_MD) is the founder and CEO of Aledade (follow on twitter via @AledadeACO), a company 'Offering a New Model of Primary Care'. More about Aledade: 'Founded in 2014, Aledade offers a new model of primary care that puts…

Tuesday, October 3rd our special guest on This Week in Accountable Care Leavitt Partners, Chief Research Officer David Muhlestein, PhD, JD joins Andre Berger, MD and Alex Foxman, MD for a 'pulse check' on the accountable care industry including key insights from a recent publication: Medicare Alternative Payment Models: Not Every Provider Has a Pat…

Our guest of This Week in Accountable Care for Tuesday's, August 29th 2017 broadcast is Nicole Bradberry, the CEO of FLAACOs - the Florida Association of Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). More about Nicole and FLAACOs: Nicole Bradberry is the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of the Florida Association of ACOs (FLAACOs). FLAACO…

Tuesday, June 20th 2017 at 5PM PT/8PM ET on This Week in Accountable Care, National ACO co-founder Dr. Andre Berger and Dr. Alex Forman, CEO and Chief Medical Officer respectively discuss the Next Generation ACO plans for population based payments and the need for risk hedging in the new payment environment. For an offering summary click here, for …

On This Week in Accountable Care our special special guest is the witty, insightful, internationally known author, consultant, and healthcare futurist and Ian Morrison. Ian specializes in long-term forecasting and planning with particular emphasis on the changing business environment inside the health care ecosysem. More about Ian: 'He combines res…

On the July 25th, 2017 broadcast our special guest is Don Crane, the CEO of CAPG: 'the leading association in the country representing physician organizations practicing capitated, coordinated care. Our membership currently comprises close to 300 multispecialty medical groups and independent practice associations (IPAs) across 42 states, the Distri…

Wednesday, July 12th at 1:00PM PST/84M EST our special guest on This Week in Accountable Care is Hal Sadowy, PhD, President and CEO Premier Healthcare Advisors. Per bio: Dr. Sadowy is President of Premier Healthcare Advisors, Carmel, IN a specialized healthcare consultancy. He has extensive leadership experience a CEO for a number of diverse health…

On the inaugural broadcast of This Week in Accountable Care we're featuring National ACO co-founders Andre Berger, MD and Alex Foxman MD, CEO and President, respectively of National ACO, one of 44 participants in the Next Generation ACO Model. We'll discuss their motivations for starting National ACO, explore their progress to date reflecting 5+ ye…