Healthcare Data

Accountable Care Organizations remain one of the most important levers for improving quality and lowering costs in the U.S. healthcare system. While performance is still achievable, Healthcare Finance News recently reported that out of 476 ACOs, 75 percent earned performance payments totaling $4.1 billion, representing 80 percent of all assigned beneficiaries, but reaching that level of success is getting harder.

The difference between an ACO’s success in shared savings and one that struggles often comes down to a single factor: how effectively it uses its data. With costs rising and influx of data reports flowing in, ACOs will not stand alone from their fragmented EHR reports. ACOs need population health analytics that bring insights from claims, clinical data, and patient demographics.