Forum Session
Accountable Care Organizations in Medicaid: Learning from Leading-Edge States
December 11, 2015
Manager
Jennifer Jenson, MPH, MPP
Summary
Accountable care organizations (ACOs) are becoming more common in Medicaid and offer states the potential to improve the health of low-income populations while lowering health care costs. The details of these efforts vary, but common among them are changes to health care payment and delivery methods that make health care providers more accountable for the care they deliver. This Forum session featured the payment, quality measurement, and data features of Medicaid ACOs in leading-edge states, and it considered how ACOs facilitate collaboration between health care providers, public health, and social services to coordinate care and improve the health of the populations they serve.
Speakers
Tricia McGinnis, MPP, MPH (bio)
Vice President of Programs, Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc.
Slides
Cara Biddlecom, MPH (bio)
Health System Transformation Lead, Office of the State Public Health Director, Public Health Division, Oregon Health Authority
Slides
Carol Bruce-Fritz (bio)
Chief Executive Officer, Community Health Partnership
Slides
Derek DeLia, PhD (bio)
Associate Research Professor, Rutgers Center for State Health Policy
Slides
Related Materials
Jim Lloyd, Rob Houston, and Tricia McGinnis, "Medicaid Accountable Care Organization Programs: State Profiles," Center for Health Care Strategies, October 2015.

