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Complimentary from the publishers of Accountable Care News June 2018

"An interesting note is that the largest membership in an ACO is not Medicare – but rather consumers from contracted private employers. For many ACOs, this would have been a logical starting point to see if they could bear commercial risk before going into Medicare risk.”
- William DeMarco, Founder and President, Pendulum HealthCare Development Corporation, CEO & President, DeMarco and Associates Inc.

"We estimate that 20% to 30% of National ACO’s patients account for more than 70% of our costs."

Excerpted from: Accountable Care News, Volume 9 Number 6, June 2018, "Connecting Far-Flung Facilities Through PHM Tools Essential for National ACO," by Alex Foxman MD.

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Collaborative ACOs: The Future of Accountable Care

More than 80 percent of all accountable care organizations are too small to succeed. Because of their size, ACOs experience savings and losses of 10 – 20 percent, simply due to statistical variation in health care spending. During this presentation a panel of industry leaders explore the groundbreaking model of Collaborative ACOs. They discuss the future of ACOs, and how health care organizations – through a collaborative ACO – can avoid taking unnecessary risk, increase shared savings, and sustainably manage their population health.

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	MedPAC: 6 issues that need to be resolved if two-sided ACOs are going to be part of the Medicare program in the long term 1. Are hospitals viable participants in ACOs? 2. Should asymmetric models be continued? 3. Continue reading here Source: MedPAC, June 2018

Connecting Far-Flung Facilities Through PHM Tools Essential for National ACO by Alex Foxman MD
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IQVIA Lists ACOs by Participating Providers, Facilities and Structure
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