RevCycle Intelligence July 31, 2019
Annual spending per beneficiary was between $752 and $1,129 lower for ACOs delivering 40 to 45% of office visits through specialists, a study shows.
Accountable care organizations (ACOs) that provided between 40 and 45 percent of office visits through specialists had significantly lower costs compared to ACOs with the lowest and highest specialty care proportions, according to a recent University of Massachusetts Amherst study.
Published in JAMA Open Network, the study of 620 ACOs in the Medicare Shared Savings Program from April 2012 to September 2017 found that ACOs with a balance of specialty and primary care had $1,129 lower annual spending per beneficiary versus ACOs with a specialist visit proportion of less the 35 percent, and $752 lower annual...
Today's Sponsors
Today's Sponsor