Accountable Care
Castell will offer technologies and services to guide care decisions, manage patient experience, implement virtual care, address social determinants and more, building from the health system's own best practices.
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Machines and humans work best together, says Etsimo CEO Thomas Grandell, whose platform can help increase patient empathy by freeing up doctors' time, while ensuring patients stay healthier longer.
Many BPCI-participating hospitals instead elect to send patients to home health organizations, which are less costly.
Participation almost doubled year-to-year, while the number of clinicians taking part in MIPS declined.
True value-based care requires a holistic view of the patient that can only be achieved with robust data, an expert says.
As they have become more widespread, ACOs have employed a variety of care management and coordination strategies.
A balance between primary care providers and specialists showed results, particularly among high-risk patients with chronic conditions.
Some industry experts are guardedly optimistic about the order's intended effects, but opinions are mixed, and concerns vary.
Improvements in surgical readmissions slowed to the same pace they had before any penalties were announced in 2010.
The proportion of ACOs taking on downside risk remained relatively stable, with the majority in upside-only risk contacts.
