The Impact of Accountable Care Organizations in Radiology

1. The Impact of Accountable Care Organizations in Radiology Joe Camaratta General Manager Category Solutions & Marketing

2. Proven Strategies for Success • Integrated care delivery based on EBM • Coordinate and communicate care information/decisions across multiple care providers • Prioritize coordination, improvements on high cost patients • Reduce costs/increase efficiency throughout system • Find ways to improve care, reduce errors • Manage financial results with mixed reimbursement models

3. Developing & Implementing an ACO 9 job categories span the planning , implementing and operating jobs that a CXOs and Sr. Executives from healthcare organizations want to get done ACO Job Map Implementation Jobs Planning Jobs Operational Jobs 1) Develop an ACO strategy 2 ) Minimize financial risks of ACO strategy 3) Implement the ACO strategy 4) Create an accountable healthcare culture 5) Standardize the delivery of care 6) Enable information to aid in decision making 7) Coordinate the delivery of care 8) Encourage patients to participate in their health care 9) Track progress towards achieving the ACO’s goals

4. Most of the top 10 ranked opportunities are linked to the ACO strategy implementation jobs *5-point scale

5. ACO’s & Imaging: A Multi-Year Journey • Optimization • Identify top priorities for ACO • Demonstrate new uses of imaging to reduce costs • Integrate to achieve “comprehensive diagnostics” • Implementation • Implement clinical decision support • Ensure availability of images and information across ACO participants • Provide on-going feedback • Planning & Design • Engage referring physicians • Define appropriateness • Establish utilization benchmarks • Identify gap between “as is” & “best practice”