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Accountable care organizations (ACOs) have come a long way since the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Providers have formed over 1,000 ACOs covering over 32 million patients since the law paved the way for alternative payment and care delivery models.
In that decade, ACOs have been redesigning their clinical and financial processes to improve care quality and reduce costs, and recent data shows the organizations have been successful.
ACOs in Medicare’s largest ACO program – the Shared Savings Program – generated about $314 million in net Medicare savings in 2017 while earning a mean quality score of 90.5 percent under pay-for-performance measures.