Lessons From An Early Adopter ACO

There is a lot happening in the accountable care organization (ACO) market these days. It was unexpected (and exciting) to see Medicare make the announcement a couple weeks ago about their plan to shift 50% of FFS reimbursements to value-based alternative payment models by the end of December 2018 (see Medicare Bets Big On Pay-For-Value). And in the past month we’ve also seen an increase in the number of ACOs joining the Medicare program (see 89 ACOs Join Medicare Shared Savings Program In January 2015) and an announcement by the U.S.’s largest health insurers . . .