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Accountable care organizations (ACOs) have become an effective tool for Medicare to generate savings and catch health care fraud, said two advocates who described their firsthand experience with the model.
Aisha Pittman, M.P.H., senior vice president of government affairs at the National Association of Accountable Care Organizations (NAACOS), and Katie Boyer, M.P.P.A., director of policy and government affairs at Agilon Health, spoke during a conversation moderated by Mara McDermott, J.D., CEO of Accountable for Health, during the PrimaryCare26: See the Possibilities conference held by Primary Care for America earlier this month.
Their conversation covered recent wins for the accountable care model, the role ACOs have played in surfacing Medicare fraud and policy fixes that ACO advocates want to see. They also discussed the next generation of Medicare accountable care models and how artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping the back office and patient care.