Category: Accountable Care Organizations

Should we do away with ACOs? The answer depends on who you ask

Accountable Care Organizations, ACOs, CMS, Daily, data, Health Services, hospitals, News, Physicians, Shared Savings, Study, SYN, Top Story / September 6, 2021 September 6, 2021

In a new study, researchers suggest ACOs are not helping CMS save substantial amounts of money as they were expected to do, so the model should be eliminated. But other experts in the industry disagree, taking issue with the study’s methods and conclusions.

How are ACOs trying to lower cost?

Accountable Care Organizations, Supply of Medical Services / April 19, 2021 April 19, 2021

Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) aim to use coordinated care to increase quality and lower cost. While everyone likes the sound of integrated care, it may be less clear how ACOs are aiming to achieve these goals. In a recent Health Affairs blog post, Micklos and co-authors review one study found that: …Next Gen ACO participants …

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NeuroFlow Secures $20M for Tech-Enabled Behavioral Health Integration Platform

Accountable Care, Accountable Care Organizations, Artificial Intelligence, behavioral health, Behavioral Healthcare, Behavioral Telehealth, Clinical Decision Support, cloud, Data Analytics, decision support, depression, digital health, Health Systems, hipaa, hipaa-compliant, Interoperability, Magellan Health, medical groups, mental health, model, Patient Monitoring, Payers, Pharmacy, primary care, remote patient monitoring, risk, risk stratification, Startups, Telehealth, Value-Based Care / January 13, 2021 January 13, 2021

What You Should Know: – NeuroFlow raises $20M to expand its technology-enabled behavioral health integration platform, led by Magellan Health. – NeuroFlow’s suite of HIPAA-compliant, cloud-based tools simplify remote patient monitoring, enable risk stratification, and facilitate collaborative care. With NeuroFlow, health care organizations can finally bridge the gap between mental and physical health in order …

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Regence, MultiCare Health System to Deploy HL7 Da Vinci Member Attribution List for Value-Based Care Arrangements

Accountable Care, Accountable Care Organizations, ACO, FHIR, health insurance, Healthcare Interoperability, HL7, Interoperability, model, Payers, Policy, Population Health, value-based arrangements, Value-Based Care, WASHINGTON / December 28, 2020 December 28, 2020

What You Should Know: – Regence and MultiCare ink first-in-the-nation value-based care partnership to deliver improved health outcomes at lower costs. Health insurance provider Regence and MultiCare Health System, an independent accountable care organization (ACO) have partnered to deploy a first-in-the-nation value-based model that delivers better health outcomes to members at lower costs while simplifying …

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PointClickCare Acquires Collective Medical for $650M to Create to Largest Combined Acute and Post-Acute Care Network

Accountable Care, Accountable Care Organizations, ACOs, Acute Care, behavior, behavioral health, Care Coordination, care teams, cloud, Collective Medical, Health IT, Healthcare Mergers & Acquisitions, home health, Long-Term Care, patient population, point of care, PointClickCare, post-acute care, risk, senior care, Value-Based Care / December 8, 2020 December 8, 2020

What You Should Know: – PointClickCare announces its intent to acquire Collective Medical to create the largest combined acute and post-acute care network in North America for $650M. – Collective Medical’s platform connects more than 1,300 hospitals, thousands of ambulatory practices and long-term post-acute care (LTPAC) providers, as well as accountable care organizations (ACOs) and …

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