Accountable Care Organizations: Understanding the New Frontier of Physician Payment-Overview of Payment Landscape

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In this video, Afnan discusses the importance of exploring innovative payment strategies beyond the traditional fee-for-service model in healthcare. He highlights the need for interventional cardiologists to be familiar with these strategies as they can have a significant impact on patient care and reimbursement. Afnan explains accountable care organizations (ACOs) and bundled payments as two primary models that have gained traction in cardiology. He emphasizes the importance of care coordination, quality metrics, and cost containment in these models. Afnan also mentions the challenges faced by interventional cardiologists in value-based care, including patient enrollment, attribution, outcome measurement, and payment distribution. Overall, he believes that these conversations are necessary for improving patient-centered care and achieving better outcomes. No credits are granted.

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Afnan Tariq, MD, JD, FSCAI

Keywords

innovative payment strategies

interventional cardiologists

accountable care organizations

bundled payments

value-based care