RevCycle Intelligence December 9, 2016
Most ACO contracts only contain shared savings provisions, showing that most ACOs are not willing to take on more financial risk, a new study indicates.
A recent Leavitt Partners study showed that 61 percent of accountable care organization (ACO) contracts are upside risk-only, indicating that ACOs may be risk-adverse or are still in the experimental stage with financial risk.
Even though ACOs are taking on more accountable care contracts, the study of 104 surveyed ACOs and 847 ACOs in the Leavitt Partners database revealed that most ACOs preferred upside risk contracts with 50 percent stating they would consider entering a shared saving arrangement in the future versus higher risk arrangements.
“However, despite a large number of ACOs assuming more than...
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