Colleagues,

We have joined the Brookings/Dartmouth Accountable Care Organization Learning Network. This is an educational program to help us better understand the ACO model and actually see how other organizations are implementing this model.

Please refer back to this page for information about upcoming and previous events.

Webinar materials and information about our meetings will be archived here.

If you would like to be included in the email list, please contact Dr. Penuel.

Meeting Announcement:

Meetings to discuss the materials presented in the webinars will be held in HealthPark Conference Room 607 (Go up elevators near the emergency room. Go to the left and the conference room is at the end of the hall.)

Next meeting: TBA

Please see the attached article from the September 24, 2009 issue of NEJM. It ties in nicely with the theme of our meeting later this week regarding ACOs.  There is also a video, Perspective Roundtable: Costs of Healthcare that is worthwhile. Elliott Fisher is one of the participants. The video does not require a subscription to the journal. Follow this link to access the video: http://content.nejm.org/

Upcoming Webinars

We are very pleased to announce the dates and topics of several of the upcoming webinars for the Brookings/Dartmouth ACO Learning Network.  Please mark your calendars and we will be sending additional materials and details about these sessions (including dial-in/access information) as soon as possible.  The next several webinars include the following:

Tuesday, October 6  (1:00-3:00 Eastern)   ACO Service Models

Tuesday, November 10  (1:00-3:00 Eastern)  Data and Analytic Tools

Tuesday, December 8   (1:00-3:00 Eastern)   Legal Issues

Tuesday, January 12  (3:00-5:00 Eastern)   TBD

In addition to the topics mentioned above, each session will include a brief update and overview of the current policy environment, two case-study presentations from members of the Network, and ample time for Q&A and discussion among the group.  We will be sending a draft paper on the topic to be covered one week prior to each webinar.  

Webinar Archive

Presentations are also archived on www.acolearningnetwork.org.

Workgroup Members:

James Penuel

Annette Pounders

Chuck Krivenko

Jorge Quinonez

Salvatore Lacagnina

Lawrence Antonucci

Mary Yankaskas

Michael Biel

Phillip Lotti MD

CB Rebsamen

Ron Castellanos

Stephen R. Zellner

Larry Hobbs

Mike Metke

Imtiaz Ahmad