On the Wednesday, September 5th 2012 broadcast at 12PM Pacific/3PM Eastern my special guest commentator is author, consultant and long term HMO and managed care industry advisor William J. DeMarco. 

For more about Bill and Pendulum Health, click here.

Our topic is titled: ACOs, Are We There Yet? We'll hear from Bill given several rounds of ACO CMS submissions with which he or his firm had either direct or indirect involvement.

Clearly those chosing to sit on the sidelines notwithstanding, there is a land grab going on in plain sight. I note that as of early June alone, Dr. Charles Saunders reported a backlog of 180 health systems had approached Aetna's ACO Solutions Group to partner or sponsor some version of an ACO or medical home in one or more of their respective markets.