Tuesday, December 27, 2022 | The Latest Research, Commentary, And News From Health Affairs
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The Impact of ACOs
Accountable care organizations (ACOs) have become more prevalent over the past decade, but what impact do they have on cost, use, and quality of care?
Charmaine Girdish and
coauthors analyze administrative claims data from 2016 to 2021 to assess the ongoing incremental impact of Elevance Health’s commercial ACO program on cost and use across fifteen US states.
In their analysis, they review the program’s impact on spending subcategories and measure differences in quality performance. The authors' findings indicate that the program was associated with
incremental savings.
Overall, incremental savings were greater in the fully insured population relative to the administrative services only population and were due to outpatient and pharmacy savings.
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