Fact Based List:

Purdue Healthcare Advisors Survey: 5 reasons given by the 46% of hospital executives who do not have plans to implement an ACO model in the future

  1. There are too many unknowns & want to see stronger evidence & consistency of successful models: 52%
  2. Their hospital is too small for an ACO-like model: 49%
  3. The financial investment outweighs the potential incentives or bonuses at this time: 26%
  4. The performance benchmarks are not realistic for their hospital: 13%
  5. The transition would overwhelm staff: 4%

Source: Purdue Healthcare Advisors Press Release, December 12, 2013
Source URL: http://pha.purdue.edu/news/survey