Lessons hospital acos can learn from physician acos

The data are in: Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) that joint the Medicare Shared Savings Program reduce Medicare spending. About $144 less per Medicare beneficiary, in fact. Which makes sense: the MSSP was designed to provide ACOs financial incentives to lower spending and improve quality. Interestingly, when the Medicare claims data for 2009 through 2013 were adjusted and then compared according to organizational structure, savings were found to be greater in independent primary care groups than in hospital-integrated groups. Don Barclay Authentic Jersey