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5 Ways ACOs Can Improve Care, Achieve Meaningful Savings

Pearl SteinzorAJMCCare Management & Coordination,Remote Patient Monitoring,Telehealth and Virtual Care,Clinician Compensation,Predictive Modeling,Risk Management & Stratification,Next Generation ACOs,Medicare, MA, MSSP, & Medicare ACOs,Medicaid & Medicaid ACOs,Data Aggregation, Analytics, Quality, and Validation,Quality Metrics, Quality Reporting, Clinical Quality Measures (CQMs),Technology & Digital Health,Clinician Burnout & Wellness,Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs),Physician-Led ACOs,Clinical Documentation, Coding,Kidney Care, Nephrology, Renal Health

Sound Long-Term Care Management (SLTCM), an accountable care organization (ACO) participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program, reported $113.985 million in total savings for performance year 2024, according to newly released results. The ACO, which focuses on long-term care and assisted-living populations, is among the facility-based groups showing substantial year-over-year savings as CMS continues to push for broader participation and stronger performance across value-based care models.

In an interview with The American Journal of Managed Care® (AJMC®), Mike Camacho, president of SLTCM, identifies 5 key strategies that ACOs can utilize to improve care and achieve meaningful savings, and what they may look like in practice.

1. Data-Driven Support and Analytics

Data-driven support and analytics are central to ACO success, providing the foundation for timely, informed decision-making across complex patient populations, according to Camacho. For ACOs serving long-term care patients, who are often older and clinically more complex than typical community-based populations, aggregating data from multiple, disparate electronic medical records is essential.

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