Grantee Name
Taconic Health Information Network and Community, Inc.
Funding Area
Special Projects Fund
Publication Date
December 2012
Grant Amount
$131,342
Grant Date:
November 2010–December 2011
DOWNLOAD FULL REPORTCurrent health care reimbursement structures generally reward volume rather than value, and do not encourage coordination or collaboration across unaffiliated organizations.
A promising, but new and largely untested, model called accountable care organizations (ACOs) has emerged as a way to slow rising health care costs and improve quality. An ACO formally brings together a set of non-affiliated providers, and holds them accountable for the cost and quality of care delivered to a defined population of patients. The Taconic Health Information Network and Community, Inc. (THINC) brought payers and providers to the table in a joint pursuit of models that would benefit both communities in the Hudson Valley region. The New York Health Foundation funded THINC to facilitate a planning process among payers, providers, and other key stakeholders.