Accountable Care Organizations Still Play a Vital Role in Value-Based Care

March 19, 2025Logan Lutton, Peter WehrweinManaged Healthcare ExecutiveMedicare, MA, MSSP, & Medicare ACOs,Physician Member Recruitment,Medicaid & Medicaid ACOs,Physician Fee Schedule

Accountable care organizations (ACOs) still play an important role in value-based care, and shifting away from them at this time would be a mistake, according to Luke Hansen, M.D., M.H.S. In a video interview with Managed Healthcare Executive, Hansen explained why ACOs are still important.

“Bundled programs are a necessary piece,” Hansen said. “The ACO structure can transfer accountability for cost to PCPs [primary care physicians], but at the end of the day, if you play that out and you really start to tighten the screws, I worry we end up back where we were with managed care 1.0, where the PCPs become gatekeepers.”

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