Medicare is driving ACO growth: 4 report findings

August 31, 2018Garrett SchmittNo Comments2017, 2018, Leavitt Partners, Medicare

ACOs continued to grow in size and count in 2017 and early 2018, according to an analysis from Leavitt Partners and the Accountable Care Learning Collaborative. Here are four findings from their report, published in Health Affairs.  1. There were 1,477 ACO contracts at the end of the first quarter of 2018, spread among 1,011…

More MSSP ACOs Saved Money, Earned Shared Savings in 2017

August 30, 2018Garrett SchmittNo Comments2017, Earned Shared Savings, MSSP

Accountable care organizations (ACOs) in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) generated about $314 million in net Medicare savings in 2017, according to new MSSP performance data from CMS. In 2017, 472 ACOs in the largest Medicare ACO program treated approximately 9 million Medicare beneficiaries, the National Association of ACOs (NAACOS) reported in a new…

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