Accountable Care Bulletin
  Complimentary from the publishers of Accountable Care News              February, 2018  
     
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"The percentage of respondents saying ACOs have a material impact in their marketplaces increased slightly to 29.3% from 27.1% in 2016, and a plurality -- 42.7% -- believed ACOs will pack marketplace wallop by 2021."
Excerpted from: Accountable Care News, Volume 9 Number 2, February 2018, "Just 28% of ACO Stakeholders Ready to Tackle MACRA."

 
What's News
  Medicare ACOs – The Enrollment & The Savings Are Increasing
Open Minds, February 9, 2018
 
     
  Do ACOs affect race mediated differences in cancer screening?
ACSO Meeting Library, abstract only, February 8, 2018
 
     
  The downside risk cliff: What ACOs about to be forced into downside risk should do
Becker's Hospital Review, February 2, 2018
 
     
  The Hidden Roles That Management Partners Play In ACOs
Health Affairs, abstract only, February 2018
 
     
  One Cancer Center’s Approach to Implementing Accountable Care
Clinical Oncology News, January 29, 2018
 
     
  Next Generation ACO Program Gets 17 New Participants
Healthcare Informatics, January 25, 2018
 
     
Medicare Financial Incentives Encourage Providers to Take on Financial Risk
Avalere Press Release, January 18, 2018
     
Blogs
  Industry Group Predicts Expansion for Telehealth, ACOs
Knowledge Center blog/AAPC, February 2, 2018
 
  Explaining Sluggish Savings under Accountable Care
NEJM Catalyst, January 29, 2018
 
     
  How The Most Successful ACOs Act As Factories Of Innovation
Health Affairs Blog, January 29, 2018
 
     
  ACOs and Bundled Payments: Three Things You Should Be Doing Now
Action for Better Healthcare blog/Premier Inc., January 25, 2018
 
     
  Medicaid ACOs Version 2.0 Underway in Minnesota and Colorado
CHCS Blog/Center for Healthcare Strategies, January 19, 2018
 
     
  How to Engage Specialists in Accountable Care Organizations
NEJM Catalyst, January 18, 2018
 
     
This Month in Accountable Care News
  • A Broken System: Why High-Risk Patients Aren’t Benefiting from Value-Based Care by Lonny Reisman MD
  • Just 28% of ACO Stakeholders Ready to Tackle MACRA
  • Washington DC Watch
  • Thought Leaders' Corner: "What will be the biggest news in private sector accountable care in 2018, and what will be the biggest news in federal accountable care programs?"
  • Industry News regarding Atrius Health.
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