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A recent study conducted by Aledade found that patients who received an initial annual wellness visit from primary care providers with ACO support experienced a 5.7% reduction in adjusted total healthcare costs over eleven months, driven by reduced hospital spending, including average savings of $30 in acute care and $20 in outpatient non-emergency care, per patient per month.
Source: "Aledade: New study: in physician-led accountable care organizations Medicare Annual Wellness Visits are associated with improved health care quality and reduced costs," AJMC Press Release, March 8, 2019.

 
What's News
  Early ACO Results of End of Life Spending among Cancer Patients 
Journal of the National Cancer Insitute, March 11, 2019
 
     
  Aledade: New study: in physician-led ACOs Medicare Annual Wellness Visits 
AJMC Press Release, March 8, 2019
 
     
  Medicare Shared Savings ACOs and Hospice Care for Ischemic Stroke Patients 
Journal of the American Geriatric Society, March 5, 2019
 
     
  ACO Use of Case Mix Index to Evaluate Postacute Care Partners 
The American Journal of Accountable Care, March 1, 2019
 
     
  Leavitt Partners Releases “Track Switching in Medicare ACO Programs” WP
Leavitt Partners, February 25, 2019
 
     
  Caravan Health Launches Largest-Ever Nationwide Collaborative ACO
Caravan Health News Release, February 14, 2019
 
     
  Physician Participation in Medicare ACOs and Spillovers in Commercial Spending
Medical Care, abstract only, February 14, 2019
 
     
Insights
  Following Medicare’s ACO Program Overhaul, Most ACOs Stay
Health Affairs Blog, March 15, 2019
 
     
  How Accountable Care Organizations Can Prepare for Downside Risk
RevCycle Intelligence, March 14, 2019
 
     
  A Proposal To Support ACOs With Crucial Analytics
Health Affairs Blog, March 1, 2019
 
     
  Considering becoming an ACO? These are the traits most likely to succeed
FierceHealthcare, March 1, 2019
 
     
  Developing Commercial ACOs: Five Drivers of Success for Health Systems
Willis Towers Watson, February 28, 2019
 
     
  2019 ACO Final Rule Summarized
SpectraMedix, February 22, 2019
 
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