[1] Atrius Health's medical practices work together with the home health and hospice services of its VNA Care subsidiary and in collaboration with hospital partners, community specialists and skilled nursing facilities.
[3][4][5][6] The Atrius Health groups operate as a model for accountable care organizations (ACOs)[7][failed verification] with responsibility for the quality and cost of care for many of their patients since before the term was coined by Elliott S. Fisher in 2006.
[9] Atrius Health is also a participant in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' Pioneer ACO program.
In 2012, Kimura was named by Modern Healthcare as one of the Top 25 Clinical Informaticists in the United States.
[13] Since 2014, he has served as co-chair of the Office of National Coordinator HIT Policy Federal Workgroup on Advanced Health Models and Meaningful Use.