Turning Healthcare’s Business Model Inside Out

Another challenge Coates says, will be purely technological, harnessing discreet data across the continuum of care, coming from various care settings and various IT systems, to really understand the health of the population. Coates also adds another challenge will be managing relations between physicians, hospitals, and other caregivers, and making sure to instill a culture of collaboration to align incentives among all ACO members. Despite the complexities inherent with the marriage of different institutions with different IT systems, many will be awaiting the learnings of CMS Pioneers and independent delivery networks that are now blazing trails toward care coordination.