Former HHS secretary Leavitt: Why it’s time to stop kicking value-based care can down the road

January 23, 2019Garrett SchmittNo CommentsLeavitt Partners, Mike Leavitt

As the buzz around a single-payer health system based around Medicare grows, a former Department of Health and Human Services secretary says it’s crucial to keep eyes on a more pressing problem: Medicare is running out of money. The policy conversation should focus on ensuring Medicare’s long-term sustainability and addressing its impending insolvency. The Medicare Hospital Insurance…

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…

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