HealthLeaders-InterStudy, the leading provider of managed care market intelligence, combines expert analysis with proprietary data to reach highly relevant insight. A week and a half ago, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that at least nine Pioneer ACOs might exit the program, but their names have yet to be made public. Figuring out which will remain in the program and which will leave—and what that means—has become a major topic for healthcare industry executives. HealthLeaders-InterStudy’s newest Executive Briefing, entitled “Circling the wagons on Pioneer ACOs: Who will stay and who will go” dissects the 32 Pioneer ACOs—peeling away those likely to stay in logically-organized buckets and outlining why those who might depart will make those decisions.
Pulling from two of HealthLeaders-InterStudy’s industry-leading tools—HealthCare Network Manager and the ACO Spotlight Series—and leveraging Decision Resources Group’s ongoing “Sift Through The Noise” campaign to curate the most impactful data, analysis and insights on Healthcare Reform, Laura Beerman, Market Access Strategist at HealthLeaders-InterStudy, includes a summary of inherent conclusions drawn from the Pioneer ACO exit announcement in a just-released Executive Briefing.
“We used our database of more than 500 ACOs across the U.S.—plus the insight of our market-based analysts and advisory teams—to offer the industry an early indicator of the Pioneers that may depart,” explains Ms. Beerman. “What we know with certainty is that the ACO movement has gathered too much steam to be blunted by Pioneer exits. We might not be using the term ACO to describe the volume-to-value shift in a couple years’ time, but that won’t matter. The change is here to stay.”
Date: July 10, 2013