ACO’s May Lead Providers To Medicare Advantage-insidehealthpolicy: ACOs might be a spring board to Medicare Advantage and other capitated-pay models, according to some MedPAC commissioners and accountable care organization representatives. Many Medicare Payment Advisory Commission members raised concerns at a recent meeting that ACOs are not designed to last because at some point they will have wrung out all of the inefficiencies and there will be no more savings to share with providers, but other commissioners and industry officials said it doesn't matter as long as Medicare entices providers to coordinate care, after which point they can transition to other pay models based on care coordination.
Friday, April 12, 2013
ACO’s May Lead Providers To Medicare Advantage
ACO’s May Lead Providers To Medicare Advantage-insidehealthpolicy: ACOs might be a spring board to Medicare Advantage and other capitated-pay models, according to some MedPAC commissioners and accountable care organization representatives. Many Medicare Payment Advisory Commission members raised concerns at a recent meeting that ACOs are not designed to last because at some point they will have wrung out all of the inefficiencies and there will be no more savings to share with providers, but other commissioners and industry officials said it doesn't matter as long as Medicare entices providers to coordinate care, after which point they can transition to other pay models based on care coordination.
