CMS Publication Says ACOs Not Expected To Save Much Initially

Accountable care organizations likely will not curb spending much at first, according to the CMS publication Medicare and Medicaid Research Review, but researchers identified promising policies for lowering costs in the long-term, including engaging patients, using telemedicine, improving care transitions and letting non-physician providers take over some of the work from physicians. The researchers studied the physician group practice demonstration on which the Accountable Care Act based accountable care organizations. "Judging from this demonstration experience, it is unlikely that Medicare...