Premier Management Company accountable care organization (ACO) in North Texas saw much success in 2016. This 400-physician ACO was ranked 12th in shared-savings earnings among national Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) ACOs, and it experienced a 200% increase in shared-savings … Continue reading →
With payers embracing value-based reimbursement, more and more physicians are participating in accountable care organizations (ACOs). ACOs are formed when a group of healthcare providers (primary care physicians, specialists, hospitals, non-physician providers) come together and collectively agree to become responsible … Continue reading →
In today’s era of value-based healthcare, Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) are right at home as they strive to provide quality, efficiency, and healthy outcomes for patients. According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), ACOs include networks of … Continue reading →
It’s not your imagination. If you feel like there are fewer solo physician practices these days, you’re right. Physicians in practices of nine or less dropped from 40.1% to 35.3% from June 2013 to December 2015, according to researchers who studied the Medicare Physician Compare public use datasets from that time period.
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