Accountable Care Bulletin
  Complimentary from the publishers of Accountable Care News               February 2019  
     
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  “ACOs are constantly challenged to find innovative ways to change the way healthcare is delivered. So I’m really optimistic about the potential technology has to improve patient outcomes, population health and financial performance in value-based models. At BIDCO, we invested early on to build a centralized, cloud-based repository of clinical EHR and claims data from across our ACO that offers providers a holistic view of their patients to better track their progress throughout the care delivery system. An example is our ability to pull in data elements like ADT information from across our network.”
-  Jeff Hulburt, Chief Executive Officer & President, Beth Israel Deaconess Care.
  
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Share of High-revenue ACOs by Size:

  • 74% of large ACOs (over 20,000 beneficiaries)
  • 71% of medium-sized ACOs (10,000 to 20,000 benficiaries)
  • 57% of small ACOs (under 10,000 beneficiaries)

Excerpted from: Accountable Care News, Volume 10 Number 2, February 2019, "Leavitt Offers Insights on Estimating Revenue Status."

  
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  David Muhlestein: 3 "Cons" for Primary Care Providers to Consider Regarding ACO Participation

1. Accountable care models require fundamental retooling.
2. ACOs are expected eventually to take on downside risk.
3. Practices must consider unforeseen costs of participation.

Source: Medical Economics, February 4, 2019		  
     
 
This Month in Accountable Care News
  • McKinsey Report Details What It Takes for APMs to Succeed
  • CHQPR Explains 'Why CMS APM Are Failing'
  • Washington DC Watch
  • Leavitt Offers Insights on Estimating Revenue Status
  • Industry News with briefs regarding NAACOS.
  • Catching Up With Jeff Hulburt
     
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