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Are ACO’s successful?  Early Reports say….

  October 1, 2016  |    drk

Early reports on data form 2012 and 2013 show that plans that entered the program did better if they entered earlier rather than later.  However the results are clearly mixed. From the NEJM article. In the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) — the largest of the Medicare accountable care organization (ACO) programs — participating provider… Read More


Accountable Care Organization Update 2016: 

  April 26, 2016  |    drk

It is always interesting to follow the successes and failures of healthcare reform.  The touted solution of Obamacare revolves around the formation of the Accountable Care Organization (ACO).  Recently, there has been quite a bit of press about the failure of ACO’s and more recently United Healthcare has publicly reported that they will be dropping out… Read More


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