ACO Partner Rewards 148 Clinical Professionals With $148,000 In Shared Savings

ACO Partner—an accountable care organization (ACO) formed and jointly operated by Change Healthcare and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona—recently announced it is awarding $148,000 to 148 clinical professionals. The awardees were selected because they earned shared savings in the program during the fourth quarter of 2016.

ACO Partner offers services to provider organizations it contracts with, such as care coordination, consumer data analytics, and provider engagement services to earn shared savings. Separating ACO Partner from most other ACOs is the fact that clinical professionals can receive rewards for value-based performances without having to pay for . . .