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In 2018, 68% of providers had adopted population health management tools, increasing to 72% in 2019. On average, 81% of organizations have adopted various tools for care management, but only 40% have adopted a full CRM [customer relationship management] solution and just 46% have tailored advanced analytics.

Excerpted from: Accountable Care News, Accountable Care News, Volume 10 Number 12, December 2019, "CHIME: Use of VBP Advancing, But Not Rapidly."

 
What's News
  Vermont ACO faces allegations of fraud, faulty data
Becker's Hospital Review, December 10, 2019
 
     
  New Rules for 'Direct Contracting' ACO Model
Managed Care, December 4, 2019
 
     
  New Independent Analysis Shows ACOs Have Saved Medicare $3.53 Billion
NAACOS News Release, December 3, 2019
 
     
  Congress Looks to Fix ACA's 'Rural Glitch'
HealthLeaders, December 2, 2019
 
     
  Prominence Health Plan Reveals Increased Cost Savings, Quality of Care in 2018
The American Journal of Managed Care, December 2, 2019
 
     
  Delivery System Performance as Financial Risk Varies
The American Journal of Managed Care, December 2019
 
     
  CMS accepting applications for new primary care alternative payment models
FierceHealthcare, November 26, 2019
 
     
  Do Commercial ACOs Save Money? Interpreting Diverse Evidence
Medical Care, abstract only, November 2019
 
     
  5-year Impact of a Commercial ACO on Health Care Spending, Utilization, & Quality
Medical Care, abstract only, November 2019
 
     
Insights
  Industry Leaders Support Proposed Changes to ACO Benchmarking
RevCycle Intelligence, December 2, 2019
 
  MSSP Participation Following Recent Rule Changes: What Does It Tell Us?
Health Affairs Blog, November 22, 2019
 
     
  Overcoming Obstacles to Shared Savings in a Multi-EHR ACO Consortium
Healthcare Innovation, November 13, 2019
 
This Month in Accountable Care News
 
  • NAACOS: New Independent Analysis 'Shows ACOs Have Saved Medicare $3.53B'
  • CMMI Releases Direct Contracting Model RFA
  • Journal Scan: Researchers Find MSSP's Shrinking Ranks 'Troubling'
  • CHIME: Use of VBP Advancing, But Not Rapidly
  • NAACOS Supports House Version of ACO Rural Glitch Bill
  • Industry News with briefs regarding AdvantageCare Physicians and Solera
 
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