- Clif Gaus, ScD, President and CEO of the National Association of ACOs (NAACOS)
Data show ACOs are lowering Medicare spending annually by 1% to 2%. ACOs earned an average quality score of 94% in 2019.
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JAMA Internal Medicine:
First-year Effects on Medicare Beneficiaries Whose Primary Care
Physician Stopped Practicing 1. 18.4% fewer primary care visits compared with those who did not lose a primary care physician (PCP) 2. 6.2% more specialty care visits compared with those who did not lose a PCP 3. 17.8% more urgent care visits compared with those who did not lose a PCP 4. 3.1% more emergency department visits compared with those who did not lose a PCP 5. Greater spending ($189 per beneficiary-year) after PCP exit compared with those who did not lose a PCP. NOTES: From an article entitled, "Changes in Health Care Use and Outcomes After Turnover in Primary Care," by Adrienne H. Sabety, PhD; Anupam B. Jena, MD, PhD; Michael L. Barnett, MD, MS. In a study of 359,470 Medicare beneficiaries who visited a primary care physician from 2008 to 2017, 10.4% of the PCPs (9,491 of 90,953) exited Medicare during the study period. Source: JAMA Internal Medicine, November 16, 2020 |
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