Assignment 1: Applied Knowledge Summary-Accountable Care Organizations

As a summary exercise, use all that you have learned in this course to analyze this case study. Review the following Web resource:

Getting Ready for Accountable Care Organizations

Complete a detailed case study analysis of the given case, using the process described in the following chapter of your course textbook Strategic Management of Health Care Organizations:

From the Backmatter section of your book, please read:

• Appendix A Analyzing strategic health care cases

Your case study analysis report will include only the following sections:

• Key issues
• Situational analysis
• Strategy formulation

Where not all pertinent information is given in the case itself, search for that information through the South University Online Library, or perform a Web search for the required information. Note: Do not search for information beyond the date of the case.

For the situational analysis you are encouraged to provide any visual presentation of data in your situational analysis and use the analysis tools from your textbook and other analysis tools you have used in your program, such as trend analysis, stakeholder analysis, etc.

Present your case study analysis report in a Microsoft Word document, formatted in the headings given above.

http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2015/03/31/growth-and-dispersion-of-accountable-care-organizations-in-2015-2/