Healthcare Innovation October 29, 2019
A data-based analysis just published in the Health Affairs Blog finds a mixed picture, with MSSP ACOs’ net savings doubling over the previous year, but with important caveats
A new data-based analysis on the forward evolution of accountable care organizations (ACOs) has just been published, and it will surely add to the broad discussion around ACO development that is echoing across the federal policy landscape. Published on Oct. 25 in the Health Affairs Blog, “Medicare ACO Results for 2018: More Downside Risk Adoption, More Savings, and All ACO Types Now Averaging Savings” was written by a large team of healthcare policy researchers: Jonathan Gonzalez-Smith, William K. Bleser, David Muhlestein, Robert Richards, Mark B. McClellan, and Robert Saunders.