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Complimentary from the publishers of Accountable Care News April, 2018

"Many of my ACO clients are venturing into the world of direct-to-employer health plans. These arrangements can offer employers a customized, patient-centric benefit plan option for their employees. The problem is these arrangements can be very complicated and often involve not only ACO rules, but also the Employee Retirement Income Security Act and state insurance laws as well.”
- Matt Amodeo, Partner, Albany Office, Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP.

"Researchers conducted a sensitivity analysis that showed that, on average, Medicare Shared Savings Program Accountable Care Organizations that saved enough to share savings, “holding all else equal, spent 0.36% less on inpatient, 0.31% less on skilled nursing facilities and 0.16% less on home health expenditures” than ACOs that didn’t save."

Excerpted from: Accountable Care News, Volume 9 Number 4, April 2018, Journal Scan: "ACOs, Other Models Struggle With Getting, Using Data."

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Primary Care ACO Models - Way of the Future?

Evidence shows that primary care–led, risk-bearing, ACO-like practices and independent physician group models generate more savings. Oak Street Health Chief Medical Officer Griffin Myers, Harvard health policy expert and internist Michael McWilliams, and Harvard Health Care Initiative Chair Robert Huckman discuss this question during the NEJM Catalyst event Navigating Payment Reform for Providers, Payers, and Pharma.

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Balancing Risk and Rewards: Advanced Alternative Payment Model Participation in 2018 and Beyond by Matt Amodeo and Jeanna Palmer Gunville
Journal Scan: ACOs, Other Models Struggle With Getting, Using Data
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Thought Leaders' Corner: "Which type of ACO activity will have more impact on stakeholders in the long term: Medicare, Medicaid or commercial?"
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Catching Up With... Matt Amodeo and Jeanna Palmer Gunville




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