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Assignment : Accountable Care Organizations and Physician Joint Ventures
Course Outcome
Describe the leadership factors that affect organizational strategy among clinical engagement and the health care system.
Unit Outcomes
• Discuss potential structures for physician-hospital integration.
• Demonstrate the interparty relationships associated with healthcare joint ventures and accountable care organizations.
Instructions
Many healthcare leaders believe that physician-hospital alignment is one of the greatest challenges facing the U.S. healthcare system. Hospitals and physicians are faced with the task of finding innovative ways to collaborate while taking advantage of their joint economic interests. Accountable care organizations (ACO), medical foundations, hospital-owned group practices, and joint venture initiatives are all potential solutions.
Refer to Chapter 9, "Accountable Care Organizations and Physicians Joint Ventures" in your text and answer the following questions
1) Define the concept of an "integrated physician model."
2) Explain the importance of clinical integration in the strategic planning process.
3) Demonstrate an understanding of the dynamics of and controversies surrounding accountable care organizations and alternative approaches to the current health system.
4) Choose one of the models for hospital-physicians integration and discuss the advantages and disadvantages for hospitals and physicians under this model. (Medical foundations, hospital-owned group practices, hospitalists, joint venture initiatives, equity-based joint ventures, etc.)
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