# Articles

From thought to impact

## Shared success, real impact: How SLTCM made every dollar of 2024 earned savings count
*January 8, 2026 | Accountable Care*

A milestone worth celebrating. In the 2024 performance year, Sound Long-Term Care Management (SLTCM) ranked first nationwide in savings generated among Medicare Shared Savings Program.

## How telemedicine can transform sepsis care in long-term facilities
*September 22, 2025 | Accountable Care*

Long-term care and assisted living residents are among the highest-risk groups for one of healthcare’s most persistent threats: sepsis. Because residents living in these facilities.

## Heart health among nursing home residents: The role of telemedicine in bridging care gaps
*February 4, 2025 | Accountable Care, Telemedicine*

Heart health is an overarching concern among senior citizens but especially among nursing home residents who often carry a higher burden of comorbidities, including cardiovascular diseases.

## An accountable investment: How Sound’s ACO delivers on care and savings
*February 3, 2025 | Accountable Care*

Looking back at the first year of our accountable care organization (ACO), we’re proud to celebrate remarkable achievements, transformative care, and meaningful partnerships.

## Keys to successful ACO quality reporting
*July 25, 2024 | Accountable Care*

In January of 2023, Sound Long-Term Management (SLTCM) launched as an accountable care organization (ACO) focused on caring for Medicare beneficiary residents in long-term care facilities.

## New to ACOs? Choosing the right partner can mean high quality care and generated savings
*July 18, 2024 | Accountable Care*

As collaborative groups of physicians, hospitals, and other healthcare providers voluntarily work together, accountable care organizations (ACOs) deliver well-coordinated, high-quality care to patients.

## A look inside Sound’s ACO care experience
*April 14, 2024 | Accountable Care, Leadership*

Sound Physicians is known as a physician practice of hospitalists, emergency medicine clinicians, critical care clinicians, anesthesia clinicians, and telemedicine physicians.

## Sound Long-Term Care Management is about to set sail – will you climb aboard?
*November 17, 2023 | Accountable Care*

Long-term care facilities are an increasingly important resource in a healthcare landscape that historically prioritizes short-term patient stays.

## Finding the right focus: 3 steps to ACO patient success
*June 8, 2023 | Accountable Care*

With more than 1.3 million people living in long-term care facilities, this enormous and vulnerable population requires great care, cost, and innovation.

## Three keys to delivering on the promise of telemedicine
*April 6, 2023 | Accountable Care, Telemedicine*

By Brendan McNamara, CEO for Sound Telemedicine. What is the mark of success for technology? Technological advancements can be innovative, researched, and implemented yet still deliver the promise of care.

## Sound Long-Term Care Management
*May 17, 2022 | Accountable Care*

Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) have been around for years – generally focused on community-based Medicare recipients, helping to increase care and coordination of care.