RENOWN’S ACCOUNTABLE CARE
ORGANIZATION — A BETTER
VIEW OF HEALTH
There’s more to medicine than just healing. It also takes dedication.
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That’s why we‘ve made a commitment to expand our focus on patient-centered care, keeping
you — the patient — at the heart of everything we do. By actively participating in a CMS
(Medicare) program called an Accountable Care Organization (ACO), we are better able to work
with you to keep you healthy, helping to manage chronic health conditions and overall health. In
fact, we are the first and only ACO in northern Nevada. An ACO is a big-picture model of care. It’s
a patient-centered system, bringing together teams of doctors and other highly trained healthcare
professionals from a wide variety of specialties — all with a laser-eye focus on the long-term wellbeing of each and every patient. And with a heavy emphasis on prevention, ACOs support our mission
of inspiring good health in our patients and our community.
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Through the ACO and our Population Health Management Organization, we are using data in new ways
to improve care – and improve lives. As but one example, through disease registries we will identify and
support patients living with complex diseases such as diabetes, congestive heart failure and COPD (chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease). With new and sophisticated data analytics, we can give patients with chronic
conditions more than hope. We will provide them a roadmap to achieve their best possible health and an
expert team to help them get, and stay, there.
Kristina Harvey, Occupational Therapist
CONVENIENT, COMPREHENSIVE CARE