Executive Briefings | May 2, 2016
ACOs & Hospitals – The Changing Landscape
I’ll be the first to say that the accountable care organization (ACO) construct has been more successful than I thought it would be. This provision in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) has resulted in the formation of over 800 public and private ACOs in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, including 436 Medicare ACOs, 316 commercial ACOs, and 62 Medicaid ACOs.
Almost 20% of the insured population (~30 million people) receive their health services through ACOs, including 2.4 million in Medicare ACOs, 15 million non-Medicare consumers in Medicare ACOs, and . . .