Becker's Healthcare August 11, 2020
Aligning value-based efforts across an organization is never easy, especially for a 28-hospital health system with a 400-mile footprint.
In April 2018, the two largest health systems in Illinois and Wisconsin merged to form Advocate Aurora Health. Today, Advocate Aurora manages 25 value-based contracts spanning 1.3 million lives across the two states.
According to the Advocate Aurora Health 2019 value report, the system has limited medical cost increases for patients in its value-based plans to 1 to 2 percent per year, compared to the industry average of 6 percent, per a 2019 report from PwC’s Health Research Institute.
The Advocate Physician Partners Accountable Care Medicare Shared Savings Plan (MSSP) was also among the top 10 MSSPs for earned shared savings...