Tim Gronniger: The 10 reasons accountable care organizations fail

1. ACO does not have enough lives to take risk.
2. Lack of training and process improvement.
3. ACO has a lack of accountability and transparency.
4. Ignoring behavioral and mental health.
5. HCC coding is poor and inconsistent.
6. ACOs don’t focus on managing patients better than the national fee-for-service average.
7. Practices don’t have staff supporting population health.
8. Clinicians can’t get data at the point of care.
9. Doctors are not on board.
10. The ACO cannot execute on quality improvement and reporting.

Notes: Tim Gronniger is the Senior Vice President of Development and Strategy, Caravan Health
Source: Becker's Hospital Review, May 8, 2018
Source URL: https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/accountable-care-organ...

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