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65% of NAACOS survey respondents said the potential scope of the effects of COVID-19 will "make it very difficult for them to predict 2020 performance." 53% predict increased spending, and 40% "don’t know."

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

 
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  Sanjay Seth, MD: 4 Proactive Outreach Tactics for ACOs to Consider, Using Telehealth

1. Use primary care MDs to conduct patient outreach, not other practice staff.
2. Conduct outreach using telehealth applications and track these visits in your population health platform.
3. Incorporate the patient’s at-home monitoring device data back into your systems.
4. Expand the questions you ask patients during virtual visits
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Source: Health IT Answers, May 20, 2020
 
     
 
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