Health Affairs April 3, 2020
Alex Kazberouk

The current novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic poses a unique challenge to health systems and provider groups participating in accountable care organizations (ACOs) and other alternative payment models. Like all health care institutions, they will face higher patient volumes, higher patient acuity, and shortages of staff, supplies, and space. However, by participating in models that hold them responsible for total costs of care, they also stand to lose financially as costs of care increase. They also potentially will face limitations on metric collection and reporting and when time and resources are at a premium.

If nothing is done, participation in alternative payment models may dramatically decline as institutions drop out to minimize risk and reporting burden. Therefore, the Centers for Medicare...

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Topics: ACO (Accountable Care), Govt Agencies, Healthcare System, Insurance, Patient / Consumer, Payer, Payment Models, Population Health Mgmt, Provider, Technology, Trends, Value Based
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