A 12-page Executive Summary offering summary highlights for 22 Accountable Care Organizations and ACO solutions companies regarding their successes during the most recent MSSP performance year.
Milliman: 5 Key Drivers of Savings in MSSP ACOs
- An ACO’s benchmark year 3 (BY3) regional efficiency factor (defined as the ACO’s BY3 expenditures divided by the risk-adjusted expenditures in its region)
- Having a benchmark significantly above costs in benchmark year 3 (BY3)
- the most recent benchmark year
- ACOs that selected tracks with downside risk
- ACOs with few specialists and hospitals on their participant lists
- Higher rates of primary care evaluation and management (E&M) visits and lower rates of unplanned inpatient hospital admissions
Source: Milliman, August 4, 2021 - https://www.milliman.com/en/insight/what-predictive-analytics-can-tell-us-about…