Modern Healthcare November 4, 2019
he question facing U.S. health care organizations isn’t whether to embrace a risk-based care model, but rather how and when to make the change. With reimbursements increasingly linked to patient outcomes, adopting this new business strategy is crucial to every organization’s sustainability and success.
Accountable care organizations (ACOs) already cover nearly 33 million Americans — about 10% of the population.1 All but two states have now implemented value-based payment programs.2 And even health systems that have elected not to form or join ACOs are opting for alternative payment models (APMs) tied to quality and cost targets. In 2017, more than a third of U.S. health care reimbursements flowed through...