The ACO Show

Dr. Bob Kocher (@bobkocher) is a member of Aledade’s Board of Directors and a Partner at Venrock, where he focuses on healthcare IT and services investments. Additionally, he is a Consulting Professor at Stanford University School of Medicine, Senior Fellow and Advisory Board Member at the Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics at USC, and Guest Scholar at the Brookings Institution Engleberg Center for Health Reform. Bob talks about how he went from clinical medicine to health policy to venture capital and why he was Aledade’s first investor. He even gives Josh (@DrJIsrael ) and Joe (@JoeShonkwiler) some background on his annual list of healthcare predictions.

Travis Broome (@Travis_Broome), VP of Policy at Aledade, returns to The ACO Show to provide some insight on the recent regulatory changes that will impact ACOs and their participating practices.

Dr. Emily Maxson, an internal medicine physician and the senior Vice President at Aledade Inc. for Medical Affairs, delves into all that is value-based care with Josh (@DrJIsrael) and Joe (@JoeShonkwiler).

Josh (@DrJIsrael) and Joe (@JoeShonkwiler) interview with Aneesh Chopra (@aneeshchopra) Co-Founder of Hunch Analytics, President of CareJourney; and Former Chief Technology Office of the United States & Virginia Secretary of Technology.  He is also the author of Innovative State. Aneesh describes the role of data and analytics in transforming the US healthcare system and what he sees as the key factors that drive success in value-based care.  He brings his years of expertise and leadership to a wide-ranging discussion on the history, politics, and technological innovation that impact American healthcare at every level.

Josh (@DrJIsrael) and Joe (@JoeShonkwiler) interview Dr. Alex Blum (@alexblum), Aledade Vice President of Strategic Partnerships. Alex details how well crafted partnerships can help drive value-based care and how payers outside of the Medicare world can be key when developing Accountable Care Organizations.

Josh (@DrJIsrael) and Joe (@JoeShonkwiler) interview with Rick Velandingham (@rickvHIT) Vice President of Electronic Health Record (EHR) Optimization at Aledade.  Rick discusses the role of EHRs in value-based care, and challenges and opportunities presented in current EHR landscape.  Rick also sheds light on how a company approaches a national strategy for EHR optimization while working with many different EHRs

Dr. Jen Brull (@mrsbrull) and Dr. Ryan Knopp join the ACO show to share their on-the-ground experience as primary care providers in an Accountable Care Organization, and how cutting edge population health and the use of data to improve patient care is making a difference in the Heartland.

Josh (@DrJIsrael) and Joe (@JoeShonkwiler) speak with Aledade VP of Policy and ACO Administration, Travis Broome (@Travis_Broome), about the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently proposed regulatory changes.  These include changes to the physician fee schedule and the outpatient payment system, and other regulations that will impact Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs).  

Josh (@DrJIsrael) and Joe (@JoeShonkwiler) interview Mat Kendall (@matkendall), Aledade co-founder and Executive Vice President of Operations. Mat provides the final piece to Aledade’s origin story as well as an unrivaled perspective on how to operationalize a sustainable business model in value-based care.

Josh (@DrJIsrael) and Joe (@JoeShonkwiler) interview with former Regional Operations Manager at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and current VP of Policy and ACO Administration at Aledade, Travis Broome (@Travis_Broome), and former Director in the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT and current SVP of Network Performance and Strategy, Ahmed Haque (@aehaque). Travis and Ahmed not only discuss their roles at Aledade, but they also weigh in on and the concept of “risk” in value-based care and the role it plays in the strategic decision-making of Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs).

Interview with Sean Cavanaugh, Chief Administrative Officer (@dc_cavanaugh) of Aledade, Inc. 

Interview with Edwin Miller, CTO (@EdwinMillerHCIT) of Aledade Inc.

Interview with Farzad Mostashari, Co-Founder and CEO of Aledade Inc. (@Farzad_MD) about the origins and challenges of accountable care organizations. Dr. Mostashari is the former Head of the Office of National Coordinator for Health IT.