CMMI has spent more than a decade learning which organizations consistently deliver high-value care. The next step is to let ...

Hospitals that participate in an ACO do not necessarily perform better that their non-ACO peers in all Medicare value-based programs, according to a recent study in the American Journal of Managed ...

At the Becker’s Hospital Review CEO Strategy Roundtable in Chicago on Nov. 5, Molly Gamble, editor with Becker’s Hospital Review, moderated a panel of payer and hospital executives who discussed their ...

The CMS has announced a successor for an expiring value-based care pilot in traditional Medicare that experts say should entice more providers into accountable care arrangements. The Long-term ...

ACOs managing complex populations face challenges like patient attribution, irrelevant quality measures, and financial constraints, requiring tailored strategies for effective care delivery.

Medicare’s ACOs have gotten off to a mixed start, with hospitals especially reporting financial challenges and some threatening to pull out of the Pioneer program. But some argue that physician-led ...

To muted applause and some sighs of relief from providers, HHS released the final ACO regulations last week. The final version superseded the much-criticized draft regs published several weeks earlier ...

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront featured topic, Accountable Care for Population Health, featuring analysis and discussion of how to understand, design, support, and measure ...

Penetration of Medicare Shared Savings Program accountable care organizations and Medicare Advantage was not associated with substantive changes in health care use among commercial enrollees.