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  Complimentary from the publishers of Accountable Care News                May 2020  
     
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77% of ACOs are “very concerned” about the impact of COVID-19 on their 2020 performance, and 17% are “somewhat concerned.” 90% say COVID-19 will have a “significant or very significant” effect on their ability to earn shared savings.

Source: Accountable Care News, Volume 11 Number 5, May 2020, COVID-19 News: "Survey Sees 57% of ACOs Dropping Out Over COVID-19 Losses."
 

 
Insights
  More ACOs turn to telehealth to combat COVID-19 financial crisis
FierceHealthcare, April 21, 2020
 
     
  Maintaining Progress Toward AC And Payment Reform During A Pandemic, Part 2
Health Affairs Blog, April 15, 2020
 
     
  Maintaining Progress Toward AC And Payment Reform During A Pandemic, Part 1
Health Affairs Blog, April 14, 2020
 
     
  Eight key impacts of COVID-19 on MSSP ACOs
Milliman, April 2020
 
     
What's News
  ACOs Are Increasingly Led by Physician Groups Rather Than Hospital Systems
The American Journal of Managed Care, May 14, 2020
 
 
  Texas ACO adds 100 primary care physicians
Becker's Hospital Review, May 11, 2020
 
     
  Proportion of Minority Patients Cared for by Physician Groups After Joining ACOs
JAMA Network Open, May 8, 2020
 
     
  CMS removes COVID-19 inpatient treatment from ACO performance calculations
Healthcare Finance, May 1, 2020
 
  ACOs and Preventable Hospitalizations Among Patients With Depression
American Journal of Preventive Medicine, abstract only, April 23, 2020
 
     
  The impacts of ACOs on patient experience, health outcomes and costs
Journal of Health Services Research & Policy, April 22, 2020
 
     
This Month in Accountable Care News
 
  • Social Determinants of Health: Centene's Community Investments Address SDOH
  • COVID-19 NEWS: CMS Blinks, Lessens ACO Accountability - But Just For Now
  • Washington DC Watch: AHIP Still 'Concerned' About Cost Transparency Rules
  • 'Benchmarking ACO Network Utilization: Lessons Learned in Network Design and Performance'
  • Movers & Shakers: Soistman Joins Innovaccer's Board of Advisors
  • Industry News with briefs regarding Bright Health and Welltok
  • Catching Up With Swati Abbott
 
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