A study published in Health Affairs finds that more out-of-network primary care leads to increased spending.
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A paper analyzes whether actual better care management or selection of lower-risk patients drove early ACO shared savings program results.
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A study in the journal Circulation illustrates the benefits of including specialists in ACOs.
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A blog post at Health Affairs from CMS discusses the latest results from the Medicare ACOs.
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Research in the New England Journal of Medicine finds that ACOs can be effective in reducing spending in rural and underserved areas as well as urban ones.
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A new analysis in the Annals of Internal Medicine suggests that ACOs may not be saving Medicare money.
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An analysis from the Integrated Healthcare Association comparing provider network types finds that ACOs performed well in controlling costs.
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An analysis in the New England Journal of Medicine concludes that physician ACOs, but not hospital-led ones, reduced spending for Medicare.
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CMS issues the first annual outside evaluation of the Next Generation ACO program, finding some modest savings.
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An Avalere analysis finds that accountable care organizations are probably costing Medicare money.
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A study in Health Affairs details sources of accountable care organization cost and utilization reductions.
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An article in the New England Journal of Medicine and recent CMS data point to ongoing underwhelming ACO performance.
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An Office of Inspector General Report gives a modestly favorable review of CMS' Shared Savings and ACO program.
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Quality of care improved more for low sociodemographic groups than higher ones under a value-based provider contract in Massachusetts.
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The Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements through Roche Consulting, LLC and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.
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