Maine health system begins to build an ACO
January 5, 2011 | Chelsey Ledue - Contributing Editor
Mike Donahue, vice president of physician practices at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, Maine, spoke with associate editor Chelsey Ledue about the steps that EMMC is taking toward functioning as an Accountable Care Organization (ACO). He discusses some of the barriers and decisive milestones in EMMC’s attempt to integrate physician practices across the enterprise in 2011.
Mike Donahue, vice president of physician practices at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, Maine, spoke with associate editor Chelsey Ledue about the steps that EMMC is taking toward functioning as an Accountable Care Organization (ACO). He discusses some of the barriers and decisive milestones in EMMC’s attempt to integrate physician practices across the enterprise in 2011.