
C-Suite Hospital Execs Set Their Sight on ACOs
Accountable care organizations (ACOs) might have their year in 2014, if recent survey findings are suggestive of future trends.
Accountable care organizations (ACOs) might have their year in 2014, if recent
“The ACO transition is challenging for all providers, and it involves taking significant risks,” Wes Champion, senior vice president of Premier Performance Partners, said in an
The results also report that 72.5% of respondents are integrating clinical claims data to better manage population health, 50% are using predictive analytics to determine future patient/population needs, and just over 46% are using integrated data solutions to reduce silos. Additionally, many of the executives stated they are exploring new population health partnerships with both private and public payers.
“Providers are building the infrastructure and core capabilities essential to ACO formation, whether or not they’re in an ACO,” said Mr Champion. “This implies a new wave of ACO participants will likely emerge in future years as these partnerships mature.”
As providers, payers, and other executives aim to better coordinate care in order to improve the quality of patient outcomes and reduce costs, many executives are beginning to look at the ACO as a promising solution.
A. Mark Fendrick, MD, and Donovan T. Maust, MD, wrote in The American Journal of Accountable Care, which just launched this week on
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