RevCycle Intelligence August 16, 2018
Jacqueline LaPointe

The number of accountable care organizations increased from 923 organizations in 2017 to 1,011 organizations by the start of 2018.

The number of accountable care organizations (ACOs) continued to grow in 2018, as did the number of contracts the organizations entered, a new report from Leavitt Partners and the Accountable Care Learning Collaborative uncovered.

From 2017 to the end of the first quarter of 2018, Leavitt Partners and the Accountable Care Learning Collaborative tracked a total of 1,011 ACOs, the groups reported in a Health Affairsblog post.

The number of ACOs operating significantly increased from 923 ACOs in 2017. The data showed that ACO growth stagnated throughout 2017, with the number of ACOs remaining at 923 organizations until the start...

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