The Commonwealth Fund: 6 Design Features that Affect ACO Success

1. Well-designed financial incentives are critical to promoting accountability.
2. Benchmark design can limit success.
3. Without an explicit focus on equity, ACOs can produce health disparities.
4. Physician group–led ACOs tend to perform better than hospital-led ACOs.
5. Advanced primary care is associated with ACO success.
6. Culture matters.

Source: The Commonwealth Fund, November 10, 2022
Source URL: https://www.commonwealthfund.org/blog/2022/designing-account...

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