Healthcare Innovation June 28, 2020
David Raths

Indiana ACO sees significant drop in length of stay since deploying Olio platform, physician leader says

Southern Indiana-based Deaconess Health System has been among the top-performing Next Generation accountable care organizations. Yet believing there was still room for improvement, its population health leaders recently deployed a care-collaboration platform that connects physicians with skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) in their post-acute network. In some facilities, it has already helped cut length of stay by as much as nine days.

Evansville, Ind.-based Deaconess provides healthcare services to 26 counties in Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky.

Lori Sieboldt, M.D., M.B.A., medical director of population health, said that Deaconess began its value-based care and population health journey in 2106. The integrated health system hired Shelly Evans...

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Topics: ACO (Accountable Care), EMR / EHR, Health IT, Health System / Hospital, Payment Models, Physician, Post-Acute Care, Primary care, Provider, Technology, Value Based
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