Summary: Tim Carlon joins us to talk about his MBA year, and his interest in value-based care. We touch on ACO's, bundled payments, MACRA, and other fun acronyms like MIPS. If you plan on being a physician, you will undoubtedly be impacted by the shift to value-based care. Take notes. 4:45 – Tim’s interest in IR 6:10 – why get the MD/MBA? 14:45 – becoming interested in value-based care payment models 22:20 – explaining ACO’s 27:00 – how have ACO’s been doing? 30:45 – what can med students and young physicians bring to the table? 32:55 – bundled payments 36:00 – What is MACRA? 45:00 – should doctors be worried? Links Tim's LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/timothy-carlon/ CMS Page on MACRA, MIPS, and APMS http://go.cms.gov/1Gb6GDL CMS Page on ACO's http://go.cms.gov/2nf9mvC Penn Bundled Payments Press Release http://bit.ly/2ivGtZc
