Accountable Docs Blog

Delirium affects more than 7 million post-operative patients annually. In fact, it occurs in 29 to 64 percent of elderly patients. JAMA reports it also contributes about $164 billion in [...]

A recent study by the Permanente Medical Groups found that one-third of Americans are stressed  to meet basic needs such as stable housing, adequate food, and reliable transportation.

The five CAPP pillars of accountable care—physician leadership, HIT, care coordination, quality measurement, and outcomes-based payment—work together to not only address the physical needs of our [...]

Physician leaders in CAPP groups and other settings are constantly called upon to make decisions about the relevance and value of technology-driven solutions in healthcare. That’s why the [...]

As the organization that worked with researchers to define the foundations of the first “accountable care” models, CAPP is keenly interested in performance data on how ACOs and other accountable [...]

Nicholas John Wolter, M.D., passed away on Sept. 7, 2018, in Pray, Montana. Dr. Wolter was a long-time participant in CAPP and a strong proponent of integrated, accountable care on both a [...]

As recently as 2015, when CAPP engaged Nielsen to survey consumers and physicians on their experiences and attitudes toward digital health, many patients and doctors were skeptical. While such [...]

Tragically, an average of 116 Americans die each day from opioid overdoses.  Recognizing this public health crisis as it was evolving, physician leaders at Council for Accountable Physician [...]

The doctors of the Council of Accountable Physician Practices (CAPP) want policymakers to know that now is not the time to pull back from health care payment models that reward value over volume. [...]

Lack of interoperability among health information technology (HIT) systems in the U.S. is a major contributor to the fragmentation of health care itself, and impedes progress toward more [...]