Accountable Docs Blog

Employers and health care providers are talking – finally. The two groups are discovering common goals and new solutions to improve health care quality, the consumer experience, and affordability.

It took a few years and a pandemic for the idea of “telehealth” to evolve into comprehensive digital pathways for patient care. Integrated health care delivery systems now offer end-to-end journeys.

Employers have a big influence on how and whether we accelerate value-based care. Employers shoulder the biggest share of national health care costs, which rise faster annually than overall inflation.

CAPP asked Institute for Accountable Care Executive Director Rob Mechanic to review the latest literature on accountable care entities and payment to better understand what influences participation.

Learnings from COVID-19 must drive major changes in health care delivery, according to interviews with physician leaders of the leading multi-specialty groups and health systems participating in CAPP.

The COVID-19 pandemic has upended health care in America. The 31 multi-specialty medical groups that are part of the CAPP are at the forefront of the battle for their patients’ lives.

Austin Regional Clinic is a multispecialty medical group with a foundation of physician leadership, integrated systems, and coordinated care which proved indispensable in this current health crisis.

Over late 2019 and early 2020, CAPP partnered with the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions to conduct listening sessions with employers and health care purchasers across the U.S.

Stephen Parodi, MD, chair of the CAPP, and national infectious disease leader for Kaiser Permanente, commented in FierceHealthcare on Kaiser Permanente’s multipronged COVID-19 suppression strategy.

Harvard researchers found that, early in the pandemic, visits to ambulatory care practices declined 60%. Recently, the same sources indicate visits have rebounded but remain below pre-pandemic rates.