RevCycle Intelligence October 9, 2017
ACOs anticipate entering downside financial risk contracts within the 10 months for shared savings/losses arrangements and 17 months for capitation, a survey showed.
Accountable care organizations (ACOs) are planning to enter downside financial risk arrangements, with 47 percent planning on entering a shared savings and losses contract and 38 percent pursuing capitation, uncovered a recent survey of 240 ACOs from the National Association of ACOs (NAACOS) and Leavitt Partners.
Shared in a Health Affairs blogpost, the survey findings also revealed that Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial ACOs are still implementing initial care redesign and population health management strategies despite their willingness to take on additional financial risk.
According to respondents, top priorities for ACOs in 2017 include preventing hospital readmissions, chronic...
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