Monday, April 18, 2016
United Hospital Fund Report Examines New York's Accountable Care Organizations in Year 2
A new United Hospital Fund report examines the performance of New York’s accountable care organizations in Year 2 of the federal Medicare Shared Savings Program, finding that they lag the national experience on cost savings but outperform it on quality results.
The report also considers several possible factors that may be contributing to the results.
In Year 2 of the program, only 19 percent of New York’s accountable care organizations qualified to receive shared savings, compared to 26 percent nationally...