Accountable Care
Health systems are using NLP tools to maximize the performance of existing risk arrangements and expand participation in value-based care programs.
The ACOs will add 1.5 million Medicare patients, bringing the total to 10.5 million.
Consultants found HIE is not meeting state needs and patients lack confidence so they are working on an improvement plan.
System scored 90 percent for their quality performance measures, scored perfect in the "At-Risk Population" domain.
Multidisciplinary teams and shifts to less costly sites and treatment models are being used in places like Germany and The Netherlands.
ECRI Institute weighed factors like severity, likelihood that the hazard could cause serious injury or death, frequency, overall likelihood and preventability.
Top earner Palm Beach Accountable Care Organization saved Medicare $62 million, earning $30 million for the ACO.
This is despite seven NextGen ACOs having lost money, and three had dropped out in 2016 due to financial targets they said were set too high to earn savings.
Payment adjustments are expected to range from 0.4 to 2.6 percent of providers' Part B expenditures, report says.
Study suggests that while ACOs are willing to accept increased financial risk, they are still learning how to manage populations.