Healthcare Innovation September 6, 2022
A team of researchers has examined the complex issues around spending on mental health care for seniors enrolled in ACOs, and found layers of complexity
Are accountable care organizations (ACOs) potentially creating financial savings by neglecting or limiting care for serious mental illness (SMI)? A team of researchers has examined the issue for an article in Health Affairs. Based on their analysis, it appears that such is not the case; but there is complexity, which the researchers explore in their article.
In the article published in the August issue of Health Affairs and entitled “ACO Participation Associated With Decreased Spending For Medicare Beneficiaries With Serious Mental Illness,” José F. Figueroa, Jessica Phelan, Helen Newton, E. John Orav, and Ellen R....