One loudly trumpeted tool to create value in Medicare is the Accountable Care Organization (ACO). Unfortunately, ACOs are underwhelming and soon likely to fall off the radar screen. The ACO model ...

"Medicare Accountable Care Organization Results For 2015: The Journey To Better Quality And Lower Costs Continues", Health Affairs Blog, September 9, 2016 . DOI: 10.1377/hblog20160909.056418 ...

The organization is beginning with a pool of 18,200 local Medicare beneficiaries who are patients of Lancaster General Health Physicians, the health system’s doctor network.

Exhibit 1 Characteristics of Medicare beneficiaries with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in accountable care organization (ACO) and Comprehensive ESRD Care (CEC) Model intervention groups and fee ...

HealthDay News — Medicare spending is down in year one of the Pioneer accountable care organization program, according to a study in the New England Journal of Medicine. J. Michael McWilliams ...