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"Adults with housing quality hardship were 1.7% more likely to see a medical provider, averaging 14.9% more visits a year, and were 14.8% more likely to have a high number of visits."
Excerpted from: Accountable Care News, Volume 9 Number 8, August 2018, "Research Examines Basic Needs Security, Health Spending."

 
What's News
  CMS pushes ACOs to take on risk with overhaul of MSSP: 7 things to know
Becker's Hospital Review, August 10, 2018
 
     
  Advanced Primary Care Called Key to ACO Success
HealthLeaders Media, August 9, 2018
 
     
  ACOs using medical home physicians save money, yield higher quality, report finds
Healthcare Dive, August 8, 2018
 
     
  Effect of Hospital & Post-Acute Care Provider Participation in ACOs on Outcomes
Health Services Research, abstract only, July 31, 2018
 
     
  Association Between the Growth of ACOs and Physician Work Hours
Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), July 27, 2018
 
     
Performance in the MSSP by ACOs Disproportionately Serving Dual & Disabled
Medical Care, abstract only, July 20, 2018
     
  ACOs With Risk-Bearing Experience Are Likely Taking Steps to Reduce Low-Value
The American Journal of Managed Care (AJMC), July 17, 2018
 
     
  Forgotten Patients: ACO Attribution Omits Those With Low Service Use & the Dying
The American Journal of Managed Care (AJMC), July 16, 2018
 
     
  Alterations in 90-Day Morbidity, Mortality & Readmission Rates in Medicare ACOs
The Spine Journal, abstract only, July 15, 2018
 
     
  Patient Engagement in ACO Practices & Patient-reported Outcomes Among Adults
Medical Care, abstract only, July 2018
 
     
Insights
  Assessing CMS’s Risky Move on Risk: Has Seema Verma Pushed MSSP ACOs
Healthcare Informatics blog, August 13, 2018
 
     
  Pathways To Success: A New Start For Medicare’s Accountable Care Organizations
Health Affairs Blog, August 9, 2018
 
     
  Hospital-based ACOs Face Challenges in Tracking Performance Indicators
NEJM Catalyst, August 8, 2018
 
     
  The secrets behind this physician-only ACO’s success
AMA Wire, July 20, 2018
 
     
  An ACO story: How calculated risk is paying off
Allscripts Blog, July 18, 2018
 
     
  Should CMS Push ACOs Into Two-Sided Risk?: Part I
Health Affairs Blog, July 16, 2018
 
     
This Month in Accountable Care News
 
  • Washington DC Watch: Major Players Expand DC Lobbying Profiles; MIPS, MedPAC Also Make News
  • News at Deadline: APG Calls New 'Pathways to Success' From CMS 'Very Balanced Approach;' NAACOS Terms Proposal 'Misguided,' Says It Will 'Upend the ACO Movement'
  • Thought Leaders' Corner: Community Catalyst's Ann Hwang recently said that "the goal of ACOs is making health systems more responsive to what people need to be healthy" and added that "the jury is still out on whether they're moving the needle in addressing social services." Do you think ACOs are – or will be – effective at addressing social determinants of health?
  • Industry News with briefs regarding Unite Us, Camden Coalition, and Primaris.
  • Research Examines Basic Needs Security, Health Spending
 
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