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"Risk-based payments in the federal setting accounted for 56% of total revenues in 2018, including 30% from MA {Medicare Advantage] and 15% from ACOs."

Excerpted from: Accountable Care News, Volume 10 Number 6, June 2019, "AMGA Survey Shows Increased Reliance on Risk-Based Revenue."

 
What's News
  Randomized controlled trial of centralized vaccine reminder in an ACO setting
Preventive Medicine Reports, abstract only, September 2019
 
     
  Caravan Health, Texas Hospital Assoc. Partner to Launch Statewide ACO
Healthcare Innovation, June 5, 2019
 
     
  Accountable Care Organizations Lower Costs Compared to HMOs, PPO
RevCycle Intelligence, June 3, 2019
 
     
  ‘Eyes In The Home’: ACOs Use Home Visits To Improve Care Management
Health Affairs, June 2019
 
     
  Are ACO-Affiliated Hospitals Narrowing Their PAC Networks?
Leavitt Partners, May 23, 2019
 
     
  Blue Cross Providers Boost Health Outcomes, Save on Healthcare Costs
BCBS Louisiana Press Release, May 22, 2019
 
     
  Using Health IT for Care Coordination: Insights from Six Medicare ACOs
Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of HHS, May 17, 2019
 
     
Insights
  MEDPAC: Inconsistent ACO Participants Have Much Higher Costs
HealthLeaders, June 14, 2019
 
     
  Medicare ACOs Improving Care Coordination With Health IT, But Still Have Work
Healthcare IT Today, June 11, 2019
 
     
  Leveraging Health Information Technology for AC: Thoughts From the Field
The American Journal of Accountable Care, June 11, 2019
 
     
  3 Strategies to Help Accountable Care Organizations Boost Savings
RevCycle Intelligence, June 10, 2019
 
     
  ACOs Cost Government Money, But Skilled Nursing Opportunity Remains Large
Skilled Nursing News, May 19, 2019
 
This Month in Accountable Care News
 
  • AMGA Survey Shows Increased Reliance on Risk-Based Revenue
  • Change Report Emphasizes Patient Engagement
  • Movers & Shakers
  • Washington DC Watch
  • Real-World Evidence
  • Industry News with briefs regarding Kaiser Permanente, Regence BlueShield, UnitedHealthcare, and Bridges Health Partners.
 
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