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Small physician-led Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) have shown success in reducing costs while improving quality. But they need more support to continue down that road, according to a new report.
Those ACOs would benefit from more guidance and support from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), private insurers and other sources as they take on greater financial risk and move farther away from traditional fee-for-service payments, according to a new report (PDF) from the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy.
“ACOs, especially smaller ones and those in more resource-deprived settings, need additional support in building the organizational competencies (such as clinical care redesign and forecasting costs) to take on increased risk,” authors of the report, who conducted interviews with ACO leaders, concluded.