Accountable care organizations — which are designed to help improve healthcare quality and constrain costs — could be exacerbating disparities in healthcare, according to a study published in the ...

Long-term care operators are again calling on regulators to give them more control in accountable care organizations, a move they say could save Medicare $2 billion or more per year.

ACOs entering MSSP with higher spending were consistently more likely to earn bonuses—a gap that persisted after a 2017 ...

A new report published in the American Journal of Managed Care found that just over half of MSSP ACOs shared plans on how they'll allocate savings. While accountable care organizations in Medicare's ...

A new report released by Leavitt Partners, a healthcare intelligence firm, has identified six types of ACOs based on their organizational structure, ownership and patient care focus. Leavitt Partners ...

More than half of physicians and other industry professionals are participating in nontraditional care delivery models such as accountable care organizations (ACOs) and patient centered medical homes ...

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 ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has started writing new terms for a high-profile Accountable Care Organization (ACO) model, with important implications for the future of ...

The authors call for policy reforms that could strengthen patient-provider relationships, support care innovation, and improve quality for Medicare beneficiaries. Accountable care organizations (ACOs) ...

A new study led by researchers at the Department of Population Medicine–Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston Medical Center, and Boston University School of Public Health finds that how ...