• Contact representatives from your hospital or health system’s Population Health,
  Utilization Review, Executive Suite, and/or Contracting teams to inquire about at-risk
  beneficiaries receiving care in your GED.
• Research potential VBCOs within your community in order to locate potential
  collaborators.
  • Physician Group collaborators could include:
    • A list of the Top 25 Physician Groups by size can be found here.
  • Accountable Care Organization (ACO) collaborators could include:
    • A list of the Top 25 ACOs by patient population can be found here.
    • A list of MSSP ACO beneficiaries with a patient visit to a GED can be found here.
  • Medicare Advantage (MA) Plan Providers could include:
    • A list of the Top Medicare Advantage Plan providers by state can be found here.
    • Some Top MA Provider Groups include:

The first steps you will need to take to develop a successful partnership are:

1.  Identifying VBC beneficiaries in the ED. It is important to inventory how your GED and
   Value-Based care partner currently share beneficiary information. A recognized pain
   point is that VBC organizations are not aware in real time when a beneficiary is in the
   ED. Similarly, ED teams do not know when they are treating a patient in a risk-based
   arrangement with access to extra resources.
2.  Enable and Incentivize Real-Time Communication. Collaborative communication
   protocols, such as an alert mechanism, expedited phone/text messaging, or integrated
   features within a hospital’s electronic health record, are key to creating patient safety
   and durable dispositions.

Some ideas for collaborative projects with your local VBCO could include:

1. Creating a Care Management connection for rapid access to outpatient medical and home-based services
2. Primary Care and Specialty Follow-Up
3. Medication Management
4. Physical Therapy Consultations