In a matrix, analyze evidence-based services/initiatives that the ACO you selected is using for each of the following:
Quality of care
IT
Marketing
Financial outcomes
Population health programs
Vertical versus horizontal integration
Operational excellence
Include whether the ACO is using approaches that CMS recognizes for reimbursements and how these initiatives/services increase health care consumerism.
Synthesize the information you have gathered from your analysis so that each bullet point clearly represents the most significant considerations within each category. While this is a 1-page document that might appear to be simple, each point must be the result of deep and critical thinking.
Additional information
—To determine if services/initiatives are evidence base, go to https://innovation.cms.gov.
—select ACO in Massachusetts
