There were 838 active accountable care organizations as of January 2016, and they have service areas in every state. That’s all according to a new analysis by Levitt Partners and the Accountable Care Learning Collaborative. The count of ACOs has grown from 64 in early 2011, and has increased 12.6% just over the past year. The number of accountable care contracts is now at 1,217, and an estimated 28.3 million people are covered by an accountable care arrangement.
The report also charts:
- ACOs over time
- ACOs by state
- ACOs by hospital referral region
- ACO lives over time
- ACO lives per payer type
- ACO penetration by state
- ACO penetration by hospital referral region
ACO contract renewals and dropouts, policy drivers, ACO challenges, and the future of accountable care are all discussed briefly.
Source: Muhlestein D; McClellan M. Accountable care organizations in 2016: private and public-sector growth and dispersion. Health Affairs Blog, April 21, 2016. http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2016/04/21/accountable-care-organizations-in-2016-private-and-public-sector-growth-and-dispersion/
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