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Debbie Welle-Powell on Essentia’s Accountable Care Organization and the importance of risk

Suzanne Delbanco, CPR’s Executive Director, checks in with Debbie Welle-Powell, Chief Population Health Officer at Essentia Health, an integrated health system in the Midwest. Debbie and Suzanne discuss the definition of accountable care organizations (ACOs), how ACOs can impact the quality and cost of health care, patient experience in an ACO and the importance of incorporating risk. Listen in and learn!

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