The Triple Aim for Accountable Care Organizations: What Needs to Happen & How Does Your Organization Participate?

OPEN MINDS The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst Industry Analysis Donald Berwick, M.D., Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator, opened the Workshop on Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) last October by challenging all health care providers and other stakeholders in attendance to move forward, past the status quo by embracing the Triple Aim. With respect to ACOs, the Triple Aim refers to better care for individuals, better health for populations, and lower per capita costs without any harm to patients. In other words, the goal of an ACO should be to reduce—or at least control . . .