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BACON from the MaineHealth ACO

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BACON from the MaineHealth ACO is a health podcast hosted by MaineHealth ACO. It has 66 episodes, with the latest published March 2025.

BACON is Brief ACO News for health care providers participating in the MaineHealth Accountable Care Organization. Drs. Mike Clark and Heather Ward host. Listen for engaging guests and lively discussions about value-based care and its implications.

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Final Episode: exploring value and primary care with Dr. Asaf Bitton

2

Statins Help Patients with Diabetes

3

Reducing Readmissions One Patient at a Time

4

Reducing Misdiagnoses

5

Helping Our Patients Age in Place

6

Remarkable Benefits of HPV Vaccination

7

A Symposium Sneak Peek

8

A Recipe for Reducing Length of Stay

9

Our New CMO Kendra Emery, DO

10

Palliative Care Insights from Becca Hutchinson

11

Natisa Dill on Patient Safety & Care Variation

12

Memorial Hospital Improves Primary Care Access

13

MHACO's Care Variation Reduction Strategies

14

The Latest MIPS & MSSP Results

15

Introducing Our New Annual Report

16

Exploring Physical Literacy

17

Uncovering the Mysteries of HCCs

18

Health Equity and Cultural Competence

19

Reducing Unwarranted Care Variation

20

Seeking Gender Equity in Healthcare Leadership

21

Yes, We Can Improve Primary Care Access

22

Confronting Concerns About Medicare Advantage

23

Exciting Changes to the Quality Heat Map

24

Provider Wellness & Great ACO Performance

25

Funding Innovation with Shared Savings

26

Community Health Workers & a Fond Farewell

27

New AWV Tools & Childhood Obesity Prevention

28

MA Star Ratings & Precise Documentation

29

Annual Synchronized Prescribing & LGBTQ Care

30

MHACO Annual Report & Access to Care

31

Coding Tips & Medical Education

32

Toward a New Primary Care Payment Model

33

ACO Performance & Operations Update

34

Physicians Cope with COVID

35

MH Medical Group President Aileen Mickey

36

Next Day Joint Replacement plus ACA Open Enrollment

37

Clinical Documentation & Pediatric Behavioral Health

38

Sharing in Success

39

What's the Point of an ACO, Anyway?

40

New MaineHealth CEO Andy Mueller

41

Nat'l Healthcare Policy & Local Primary Care Access Improvement

42

A Peek Inside the ACO's New Annual Report

43

Why Star Ratings Matter

44

The ACO's Latest Performance Results

45

Dora Mills Answers COVID Vaccine Questions

46

New Clinical Documentation Guides

47

Innovating Primary Care Payment

48

Our Medicare Shared Savings Program Results

49

A Medicare Reimbursement Increase

50

Innovation Grant Winners

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