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At IIIQ 2019, 1,588 ACO contracts among 995 ACOs covered 44 million lives. About 60% of ACO members were covered by commercial contracts, 30% were covered by Medicare contracts and 10% by Medicaid contracts.

Excerpted from: Accountable Care News, Volume 10 Number 11, November 2019, "New Research Shows Impact of Recent Policies on ACO Growth."

 
What's News
  The Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy and Leavitt Partners Releases Report
Leavitt Partners Press Release, November 11, 2019
 
     
  Low-Value Care and Clinician Engagement in a Large MSSP ACO: a Survey
Journal of General Internal Medicine, abstract only, November 8, 2019
 
     
  BCBS of Texas Reaches Agreement with Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, Provider Group
BlueCross BlueShield of Texas, November 6, 2019
 
     
  Pediatric Accountable Care Organizations: Insight From Early Adopters
Pediatrics, November 1, 2019
 
     
  Changes In Physician Consolidation With The Spread Of ACOs
Health Affairs, abstract only, November 2019
 
     
  Five-year Impact of a Commercial ACO on Health Care Spending, Utilization
Medical Care, abstract only, November 2019
 
     
  ACO Accreditation: Program Retirement
NCQA, October 25, 2019
 
     
  New Research Shows Impact of Recent Policies on ACO Growth
Leavitt Partners, October 21, 2019 
 
     
  OneCare Vermont seeks approval of $1.36 billion budget
Vermont Digger, October 20, 2019 
 
     
  Physician-Led ACOs Outperform Hospital-Led Counterparts
Avalere, October 15, 2019
 
     
Insights
  Treat ACOs And MA Plans Equally? By All Means
Health Affairs Blog, November 13, 2019
 
  Top Strategies for ACO Success
Managed Healthcare Executive, November 9, 2019
 
     
  ACOs results prove the future is now for value-based cares
Dallas Business Journal, November 7, 2019
 
     
  Companies investing in an ACO see healthier employees & lower health care costs
Milwaukee Business Journal, November 1, 2019
 
     
  Medicare ACO Results for 2018: More Downside Risk Adoption, More Savings
Health Affairs Blog, October 25, 2019
 
     
  Spread of ACOs And Value-Based Payment Models In 2019: Gauging the Impact
Health Affairs Blog, October 21, 2019
 
     
  ACO integrates decision support with its EHR to improve pop health efforts
Healthcare IT News, October 18, 2019
 
This Month in Accountable Care News
 
  • Perspectives: How ACOs Can Face Off With New Competition From MA Plans, by Theresa Hush, CEO & Co-Founder, Roji Health Intelligence
  • Perspectives: New Research Shows Impact of Recent Policies on ACO Growth 
  • Social Determinants of Health: MEDecision Offers Steps to Better Use of SDOH Data; Healthy Alliance, MVP 'Unite to Improve Health, Well-Being of Capital Region'; NIHCM Infographic Offers Basics of Leveraging SDOH
  • Journal Scan: 'Did Medicare Advantage Payment Cuts Affect Beneficiary Access and Affordability?'; Coordinated Care Model 'Leads to Decreases in Preventable Hospitalizations'
  • Washington DC Watch: Organizations Thank Senators for ACO Payment Fix; Groups Applaud New Payment Models
  • Avalere: 'Physician-Led ACOs Outperform Hospital-Led Counterparts'
  • ACO Bragging Rights Season in Full Swing.
 
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