HealthExec October 16, 2019
Physician-led accountable care organizations (ACOs) outperform those led by hospitals, according to a new report from Avalere Health. Not only did physician-led ACOs outperform by a significant margin, but all ACOs had higher savings the longer they were around.
Overall, 548 ACOs within the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) covered 10 million Medicare beneficiaries and cut spending for the federal program by $739 million.
The findings follow another recent study published in The New England Journal of Medicine that revealed physician-led ACOs were more likely to have generated savings over a three-year period.
Part of the reason physician-led ACOs performed better financially––by achieving a higher savings rate relative to benchmarks––may be because they have more incentive to lower costs. The...
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