The ACO Show

Matt Weimer (@mattweimer) is the Vice President of Health Services and Chief Medical Officer at Valley Health Systems, a large federally qualified health center (FQHC) in West Virginia that provides comprehensive care to patients without regard for their ability to pay. Dr. Weimer shares what it means for an FQHC to be part of an ACO, and why being in an ACO has recharged him personally. He has se...

As part of National Healthcare Decisions Day, Dr. Tom McCarrick, Chief Medical Officer at the Vanguard Medical Group in New Jersey, sits down with Josh (@DrJIsrael) to discuss advance care planning — an important way to ensure that patient’s wishes are respected when critical healthcare decisions need to be made. From Dr. McCarrick’s experience, Annual Wellness Visits are a great way for primary c...

Julie Sunderland, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Biomatics Capital and a member of Aledade’s Board of Directors, joins Josh (@DrJIsrael) to discuss her background, what attracted her to invest in this tech-enabled health care company, the role that private equity can play as a force for change, and how she thinks about a company’s culture, people and ideas when considering whether to invest.

Dr. Lelin Chao (@Dr_Lelin) joins the show to talk about the importance of addressing mental health and substance abuse disorders in primary care. Lelin and Josh (@DrJIsrael) discuss the behavioral health integration some innovative approaches to this challenge. Lelin is an Aledade Medical Director and the co-founder of Health Alliance Associates, a housing-first, advanced primary care practice tha...

Kim Lynch(@kllynch7), Senior Vice President of Adoption & Practice Success, joins the show to talk about how Aledade continues to reinvent itself and solve new problems. Kim takes us on a deep dive of the Net Promoter Score, and how Aledade strives to provide delight to its partner providers. As one of the first employees of the company, Kim reflects on what it takes to “build the plane while flyi...

A new study published in the American Journal of Managed Care shows that Medicare Annual Wellness Visits (AWVs) can increase healthcare quality and reduce healthcare costs. Josh (@DrJIsrael) sits down with two of the authors of this paper, Farzad Mostashari (@Farzad_MD) and Jen King, to talk about the challenges and importance of doing studies like these, and how AWVs can be used to build primary...

Catherine Olexa, (@MsOlexa), joins Josh (@DrJIsrael) and Joe (@JoeShonkwiler) for a conversation about the importance of reaching out to patients who are at their most vulnerable during episodes of acute care and as well as those who have just been discharged from the hospital or those nearing the end of life. She shares the journey that led her to Aledade and to value-based care with the primary...

Dr. Sophia McIntyre, Chief Medical Officer of Hudson River HealthCare, Inc., discusses how she was able to implement team-based preventative care in communities of color. She shares how she broke down racial barriers on her path to becoming a doctor with Josh (@DrJIsrael). Dr. McIntyre continued this conversation during the Black History Month Panel Discussion at Aledade.

Nicholas Berault (@AledadeNJB) gives Josh (@DrJIsrael) and Joe (@JoeShonkwiler) a sneak peek into a day in the life of an Aledade Coordinator. He traces his trajectory from Aledade Fellow to Pennsylvania ACO Coordinator, sharing what it is like to work out in the field, bridging the gap between Aledade and its physicians. Nicholas supports and encourages practices every step of the way, while aski...

Aledade CEO Farzad Mostashari (@Farzad_MD) returns to the ACO Show to share his perspective on risk coding and why it’s important for ACOs. Dr. John Torontow (@HCCRisk), Aledade Medical Director, also joins Josh (@DrJIsrael) and Joe (@JoeShonkwiler) to discuss the details of accurate risk coding. John merges his experience as a family physician with his knowledge of population health to coach prov...

Ahmed Haque (@aehaque), Aledade’s SVP of Network Performance & Strategy, returns to the show to discuss the strategy behind building and growing an ACO. Ahmed’s experience and expertise have made him a national leader in creating high performing ACOs and he shares his insights with Josh (@DrJIsrael) and Joe (@JoeShonkwiler).

Tyler Blanchard (@skibumblanch), Executive Director of Aledade's Delaware Accountable Care Organization (ACO), provides an in depth look into what it takes to manage a successful ACO comprised of high-performing independent providers. Tyler also gives Josh (@DrJIsrael) and Joe (@JoeShonkwiler) his expert opinion on what makes the First State such fertile ground for fostering new and innovative ide...

Dr. Annette DuBard (@AnnetteDuBard), Aledade’s VP of clinical strategy, digs into the crucial role of promoting high value specialist referrals when pursuing value-based care. Annette also gives Josh (@DrJIsrael) and Joe (@JoeShonkwiler) a view into clinical strategy at Aledade and how it informs an emerging tech-enabled, healthcare product offering.

Dr. Shawn Purifoy (@drsp27) is a primary care provider at Malvern Family Medical Clinic in rural Arkansas, and Dr. Lee Fleischer is a primary care provider at PMA Medical Specialists in suburban Philadelphia. Despite practicing in dramatically different parts of the country, Shawn and Lee are in the vanguard of the value-based care revolution and Medical Directors at Aledade (@AledadeACO). They jo...

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 Instit...

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 t...

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...

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 )....

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