Healthcare IT News October 6, 2016
Many of the 800 accountable care organizations are lagging in critical IT infrastructure, though commercial ACOs are earning more success today than their non-commercial counterparts.
ACOs with commercial contracts are larger and more efficient than their non-commercial counterparts. But both types have something in common: They must make major investments in information technology if their success is to be sustainable, according to a new report from the Commonwealth fund.
The study examined three years of data (between 2012 to 2015) from the online National Survey of Accountable Care Organizations, looking at Medicare or Medicaid ACOs’ organizational structure, provider compensation, efficiency and outcomes.
They also compared commercial and non-commercial ACOs on various quality measures, such as care coordination, patient experience, preventive...
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