Health IT Analytics October 5, 2017
Jennifer Bresnick

Accountable care organizations are building up their population health management competencies through care coordinators and increased health IT adoption.

Trimming costs by implementing coordinated, high-touch population health management initiatives is the primary focus for the majority of accountable care organizations (ACOs) responding to a new poll conducted by National Association of ACOs (NAACOS) and Leavitt Partners.

The survey, which collected responses from 240 ACOs participating in a variety of value-based care and risk-sharing arrangements, showed that most organizations are aggressively pursuing chronic disease management programs, care integration strategies, and patient engagement techniques that will help to reduce costs and improve the quality of care.

“In the short time that accountable care organizations (ACOs) have formally been a part of the...

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Topics: ACO (Accountable Care), CMS, EMR / EHR, Health IT, Health System / Hospital, Market Research, Medicaid, Medicare, Patient / Consumer, Payer, Physician, Population Health Mgmt, Primary care, Provider, RCM (Revenue Cycle Mgmt)
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