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Morehouse Choice Accountable Care Organization and Education System (MCACO-ES): Integrated Model Delivering Equitable Quality Care

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  • Michelle Brown

    (Project Management Office, Morehouse Choice ACO-ES, 1046 Ridgeview Avenue, Suite 4, Atlanta, GA 30315, USA
    Michelle Brown and Elizabeth Ofili are equal first author contributors.)

  • Elizabeth O. Ofili

    (Project Management Office, Morehouse Choice ACO-ES, 1046 Ridgeview Avenue, Suite 4, Atlanta, GA 30315, USA
    Department of Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, 720 Westview drive SW, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA
    Michelle Brown and Elizabeth Ofili are equal first author contributors.)

  • Debbie Okirie

    (Project Management Office, Morehouse Choice ACO-ES, 1046 Ridgeview Avenue, Suite 4, Atlanta, GA 30315, USA)

  • Priscilla Pemu

    (Department of Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, 720 Westview drive SW, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA)

  • Cheryl Franklin

    (Medical Director’s Office, Morehouse Healthcare, 1800 Howell Mill Road, NW, Atlanta, GA 30318, USA)

  • Yoon Suk

    (Project Management Office, Morehouse Choice ACO-ES, 1046 Ridgeview Avenue, Suite 4, Atlanta, GA 30315, USA)

  • Alexander Quarshie

    (Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, 720 Westview Drive SW, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA)

  • Mohamed Mubasher

    (Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, 720 Westview Drive SW, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA)

  • Charles Sow

    (Department of Family Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, 720 Westview Drive, SW, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA)

  • Valerie Montgomery Rice

    (Administration, Morehouse School of Medicine and Morehouse Healthcare, 720 Westview Drive, SW, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA)

  • David Williams

    (Administration, Southside Medical Center, 1046 Ridgeview Avenue, Suite 4, Atlanta, GA 30315, USA)

  • Michael Brooks

    (Administration, The Family Health Centers of Georgia, 868 York Avenue, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA)

  • Ernest Alema-Mensah

    (Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, 720 Westview Drive SW, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA)

  • Dominic Mack

    (National Center for Primary Care, Morehouse School of Medicine, 720 Westview Drive SW, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA)

  • Daniel Dawes

    (Satcher Health Leadership Institute, Morehouse School of Medicine, 720 Westview Drive SW, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA)

Abstract

Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) seek sustainable innovation through the testing of new care delivery methods that promote shared goals among value-based health care collaborators. The Morehouse Choice Accountable Care Organization and Education System (MCACO-ES), or (M-ACO) is a physician led integrated delivery model participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) offered through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center. The MSSP establishes incentivized, performance-based payment models for qualifying health care organizations serving traditional Medicare beneficiaries that promote collaborative efficiency models designed to mitigate fragmented and insufficient access to health care, reduce unnecessary cost, and improve clinical outcomes. The M-ACO integration model is administered through participant organizations that include a multi-site community based academic practice, independent physician practices, and federally qualified health center systems (FQHCs). This manuscript aims to present a descriptive and exploratory assessment of health care programs and related innovation methods that validate M-ACO as a reliable simulator to implement, evaluate, and refine M-ACO’s integration model to render value-based performance outcomes over time. A part of the research approach also includes early outcomes and lessons learned advancing the framework for ongoing testing of M-ACO’s integration model across independently owned, rural, and urban health care locations that predominantly serve low-income, traditional Medicare beneficiaries, (including those who also qualify for Medicaid benefits (also referred to as “dual eligibles”). M-ACO seeks to determine how integration potentially impacts targeted performance results. As a simulator to test value-based innovation and related clinical and business practices, M-ACO uses enterprise-level data and advanced analytics to measure certain areas, including: 1) health program insight and effectiveness; 2) optimal implementation process and workflows that align primary care with specialists to expand access to care; 3) chronic care management/coordination deployment as an effective extender service to physicians and patients risk stratified based on defined clinical and social determinant criteria; 4) adoption of technology tools for patient outreach and engagement, including a mobile application for remote biometric monitoring and telemedicine; and 5) use of structured communication platforms that enable practitioner engagement and ongoing training regarding the shift from volume to value-based care delivery.

Suggested Citation

  • Michelle Brown & Elizabeth O. Ofili & Debbie Okirie & Priscilla Pemu & Cheryl Franklin & Yoon Suk & Alexander Quarshie & Mohamed Mubasher & Charles Sow & Valerie Montgomery Rice & David Williams & Mic, 2019. "Morehouse Choice Accountable Care Organization and Education System (MCACO-ES): Integrated Model Delivering Equitable Quality Care," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(17), pages 1-13, August.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:16:y:2019:i:17:p:3084-:d:260757
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