Health Payer Intelligence February 2, 2017
The number of state Medicaid programs operating accountable care organizations is steadily growing.
Last month, the Center for Health Care Strategies released a fact sheet outlining the growth of state Medicaid programs operating accountable care organizations (ACOs). Right now, there are 10 states that are managing Medicaid ACO programs while an additional 11 states are looking to create Medicaid programs to advance accountable care organizations.
In order to improve care coordination and quality of patient services, accountable care organizations have been created to financially incentivize providers to better manage their patient populations. The main ways that accountable care organizations operate effectively and hold providers accountable for population health are adopting a value-based care payment system, tracking and measuring quality improvement...
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