Care coordination is a major opportunity for improving costs, quality and satisfaction, as illustrated on the graph below. Source: Identifying and Quantifying the Cost of Uncoordinated Care: ...

In a letter to CMS, America’s Health Insurance Plans, representing the health insurance industry, recommended federal regulators place a series of extra requirements on accountable care organizations.

Hospital accountable care organization (ACO) participation did not impact emergency department admission rates, length of stay, or costs, suggesting limited effectiveness in reducing spending for ...

Federal health, trade and anti-trust agencies on Thursday released their long-awaited set of final rules governing accountable care organizations, with major concessions to the original plan that had ...

On March 31, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposed new regulations for accountable care organizations. While they are complex – in excess of 400 pages in length – it is also clear that ...

LOWELL, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Persivia, a provider of real-time quality and care management solutions, announced today that Prime Healthcare ACO has successfully reported on all their quality ...

Accountable care organizations (ACOs) face unique burdens to comply with CMS’s new quality reporting requirements as summarized in this 2021 MedCity News article. Challenges are particularly acute for ...

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront featured topic, Accountable Care for Population Health, featuring analysis and discussion of how to understand, design, support, and measure ...

Following the recent release of the draft rules on Medicare accountable care organizations, facilities across the country are considering their position in the ACO model. George Whetsell and John T.

An analysis of nationally representative survey data from 2019 and 2021 shows that office-based physicians participating in accountable care organizations (ACOs) reported greater documentation burden ...

The American Society of Anesthesiologists recently submitted a letter to the Federal Trade Commission in response to its proposed statement of antitrust enforcement policy regarding ACOs, according to ...