Accountable = Integrated

Sixty-two percent of federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) are participating in some type of accountable care organization (ACO)—up from 44% in 2018. These were the findings of a new analysis—Advancing Accountable Care In Community Health Centers: Progress and Future Directions.

What was interesting is that participation in an ACO increased the FQHC adoption of key elements of whole person care models. For example, significantly more health centers in ACOs are notified when their patients visit the emergency department (68%) or are admitted to the hospital (70%) than health centers not participating in ACOs (53% and 55%, respectively . . .