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"In our first three participation years, National ACO generated $14.7 million in savings, including more than $6.9 million in 2015 alone, with 156 physician members across four states.'"
Excerpted from: Accountable Care News, Volume 9 Number 6, June 2018, "Connecting Far-Flung FacilitiesThrough PHM Tools Essential for National ACO."

 
What's News
  Medicare ACO models: Recent performance and long-term issues, Appendix 8
MedPAC report to the Congress, June 2018
 
     
  As Medicaid Costs Soar, States Try A New Approach
Kaiser Health News, June 15, 2018
 
     
  Accountable Care Organizations Want The Rewards But Few Want The Risk
American Council on Science and Health, June 13, 2018
 
     
  How to Fix the Medicare Shared Savings Program
Center for Healthcare Quality & Payment Reform, June 2018
 
     
  CMS Says Quality Payment Program Exceeds Year 1 Participation Goal
HealthLeaders Media, May 31, 2018
 
     
  Preventable Hospital Admissions: Does Participation in ACOs Improve Care?
American Journal of Medical Quality, abstract only, May 31, 2018
 
     
Relationships & Partnerships: ACOs Are Improving Treatments for Super-Utilizers
The Rural Monitor/Rural Health Information Hub, May 30, 2018
     
  How UC Is Helping ACOs Integrate Comms For Better Care
Health IT Outcomes, May 29, 2018
 
     
  End of life spending among cancer patients in an ACO vs. non-ACO.
Journal of Clinical Oncology, abstract only, May 20, 2018
 
     
  Regional 'Super-ACOs' May Relieve Small ACO Risk Problem
HealthLeaders Media, May 17, 2018
 
     
  Early Impact of Medicare ACOs on Inpatient Surgical Spending
Annals of Surgery, abstract only, May 16, 2018
 
     
  Seema Verma hints at the end of 'upside-only' ACOs
Becker's Hospital Review, May 15, 2018
 
     
Blogs
  Commercial ACOs Must Consider Fraud, Antitrust Concerns When Entering Market
Bingham, Greenebaum Doll LLP Blog, June 7, 2018
 
     
  Antitrust Concerns for Large ACOs Operating in Commercial Markets
Antitrust Byte/Epstein, Becker & Green P.C., May 31, 2018
 
     
  Payment Reform In Transition—Scaling ACOs For Success
Health Affairs Blog, May 11, 2018
 
     
This Month in Accountable Care News
  • Connecting Far-Flung Facilities Through PHM Tools Essential for National ACO by Alex Foxman MD
  • 3 Keys to Success for ACO Leaders by Deborah Schoenthaler
  • CHCS Examines Ways States Incorporate SDOH in Medicaid ACOs
  • IQVIA Lists ACOs by Participating Providers, Facilities and Structure
  • Caravan: 100,000-Plus Members Boosts ACO's Likelihood of Success
  • Industry News regarding Emory Healthcare, Walmart, and Aetna.
  • Thought Leaders' Corner: "Were you surprised by the NAACOS findings about how many ACOs would leave Medicare programs rather than take on downside risk? Did you think the numbers would be higher or lower?"
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