Accountable care organizations (ACOs) that started in 2012 – the first year of the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) – decreased their post-acute care spending by a 9 percent differential reduction in two years without compromising care quality. In dollars, that 9 percent comes to $106 per beneficiary. That’s the finding of a recent JAMA Internal […]
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In the initial shift to value-based care, most health systems focused on improving internal processes, in-house spend, and closing care gaps inside their own organizations. This is especially true of Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). These organizations largely used internal risk and cost analyses to lower expenses. There was also a learning curve associated with the […]
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