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Embedding clinical intelligence to help close care gaps Partnerships can help resolve the complexity and variability of health systems, says Andrew Albano, Jr., who is speaking at HIMSS26. Accountable Care By Susan Morse , Executive Editor | January 30, 2026 | 4:56 PM Photo: Richard Titus, Courtesy Atlantic Health System Andrew W. Albano, Jr., vice president of Atlantic Health System in New Jersey and president of Atlantic ACO, will talk about the need to surface data to close care gaps at the HIMSS26 global conference and exhibition happening March 9-12 in Las Vegas.The session, “Embedding Clinical Intelligence to Transform Medicare Shared Savings Program Outcomes at Scale” will also feature Dr. Brian Silverstein of Innovaccer.Atlantic Health and Innovaccer partnered to resolve the disconnect between data and interventions. The result is a readily viewable dashboard that gives clinicians information while the patient is still in the room. Innovaccer surfaced the patient data, Albano said, which has helped to better manage chronic disease management, book screenings and offer wellness interventions.The partnership has resulted in 22.1% more quality care gaps closed, according to Albano.Another important consideration is the accuracy of the Hierarchical Condition Category (HCC) coding to capture benchmarks.“One of the big things I’m interested in,” Albano said, “is seeing, how do you make the complex nature of healthcare a little less difficult? Partnerships like this really do help.”Atlantic Health, a system of seven hospitals based in Morristown, New Jersey, has the accountable care organization, Atlantic ACO, and is also associated with the Optimus ACO and the Premier ACO for more than 81,000 lives in the Medicare Shared Savings Program.The ACOs have different EHRs and EMRs. “We have 120-plus instances of EMRs for Optimus ACO,” he said. “It poses a challenge because of the variability. It’s a very complex environment.” Having the clinical intelligence, A
