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OPEN MINDS is a national market intelligence, management consulting, and marketing services firm specializing exclusively in the markets of the health and human service field that serve consumers with chronic conditions and complex support needs.
Our mission is to provide the payers, service provider organizations, and technology and scientific firms that serve these consumers with the market and management knowledge needed to improve their organizational efficiency and effectiveness.

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Sixty-two percent of federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) are participating in some type of accountable care organization (ACO)—up from 44% in 2018. These were the findings of a new analysis—Advancing Accountable Care In Community Health Centers: Progress and Future Directions.
What was interesting is that participation in an ACO increased the FQHC adoption of key elements of whole person care models. For example, significantly more health centers in ACOs are notified when their patients visit the emergency department (68%) or are admitted to the hospital (70%) than health centers not participating in ACOs (53% and 55%, respectively . . .
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- Cindy Levi, Chief Executive Officer, Avita Community Partners
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