Health IT Analytics July 17, 2015
Accountable care organizations (ACOs) have exploded in popularity over the past three or four years as value-based reimbursement takes hold in the healthcare industry, and their work has rapidly built momentum towards bringing population health management to hundreds of communities.
In an opinion piece for the American Journal of Managed Care, Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, MD, MBA, President and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, notes that the number of ACOs has jumped from 64 in 2011 to nearly 750 in 2015, representing a significant shift in the way healthcare organizations view their financial and clinical responsibilities.
“As recently as 2012, accountable care organizations (ACOs) were often described as ‘mythical unicorn creatures,” Lavizzo-Mourey writes. “We’ve come a long way in a...
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