Beyond the ACO: Building a Better Health Care Reimbursement Model

In his latest Huffington Post article, Beyond the ACO: Building a Better Health Care Reimbursement Model, Dr. Stephen Ondra says the country’s health care industry is at a crossroads in how we pay for care. Accountable Care Organizations, or ACOs, are just one model of reimbursement.

Dr. Ondra is senior vice president and enterprise chief medical officer of our health insurance Plans in Illinois, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. He said, “We need to change the economics of the health care delivery system to incentivize more efficient, higher quality, and more easily accessible care. In short, we want a system that delivers high-value care.” How we reach that goal matters, but it won’t happen overnight.

Find out more in Dr. Ondra’s latest article. Watch for future HuffPost articles from Dr. Ondra in this newsletter, and follow him on Twitter at @StephenOndra where he tweets about his work and the future of health care.