MedCity News January 3, 2020
The key for ACO success this new year and in the coming years, based on the experience of high-performing organizations, is to focus on the basics of patient and physician engagement.
The term accountable care organization (ACO) dates back to at least 2006. The Affordable Care Act then made ACOs a fast-growing trend thanks to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) launching its Shared Savings Program in 2012.
Since then, ACOs have been at the forefront of the value-based care model transition, taking incremental steps toward having healthcare providers bear a greater share of the cost of healthcare for their patients. That has forced health systems and physician practices affiliated with ACOs to redesign processes focusing on preventing...
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