News Report | November 3, 2019
Physician-Led ACOs Generated Almost 7 Times More Savings Than Hospital-Led ACOs
Physician-led Medicare accountable care organizations (ACOs) in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) achieved nearly seven times more Medicare savings per beneficiary than hospital-led ACOs. For all ACOs in 2018, aggregate savings per-beneficiary totaled $73.23. Physician-led ACOs, which tend to be “low revenue” ACOs, generated savings of $180.41 per Medicare beneficiary. Hospital-led ACOs, which tend to be high revenue, generated savings of $26.76 per Medicare beneficiaries.
MSSP ACOs continue to achieve higher savings the longer they participate in the program. Overall in 2018, ACOs in their first performance year had higher per . . .