Open AccessPerformance Differences in Year 1 of Pioneer Accountable Care Organizations
Author(s) -
J. Michael McWilliams,
Michael E. Chernew,
Bruce E. Landon,
Aaron L. Schwartz
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmsa1414929
Subject(s) - beneficiary , medicine , baseline (sea) , finance , demography , gerontology , business , oceanography , sociology , geology
In 2012, a total of 32 organizations entered the Pioneer accountable care organization (ACO) program, in which providers can share savings with Medicare if spending falls below a financial benchmark. Performance differences associated with characteristics of Pioneer ACOs have not been well described.
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