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Number of ACOs
on the Decline

Special Issue: State of the Industry

Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs)

Ideas for Better Data Analytics, Marketing

and Physician Recruitment
Stagnant ASO assigned benefi-
ACOs Show Declining Growth ciary growth, but shared sav-
ings continues to advance.
Under 11 Million in Assigned Beneficiaries in 2021

Number of ACOs declining
CMS reports 10.7 million assigned Medicare bene- Inside This Issue
ficiaries to ACOs at the beginning of 2021, or an average
of 22,430 per entity. Since 2017, beneficiary assignment ACOs Show Declining Growth 1
ACO Quality Drivers
2
remained stagnant. Concurrently, the number of ACOs Decision Support: Expand Service 3
declined from a high of 561 to 477 in 2021. Areas and Recruit Physicians Wisely
1
Impact of Medicare Advantage on 4
• Yet, ACOs manage the care of about 28% of all Origi- ACO Geographic Market Opportunity
nal* Medicare beneficiaries. The Right Post-Discharge Provider 5
Supports Value-Based Care Objectives
• Sixty-three percent of the Medicare eligible popula- ACOs Care/Cost Challenges Multiple 6
tion (38.6 million) are in Original Medicare (ACO as- Chronic Conditions 7
ACOs/High Cost of Disabled and ESRD
signment targets) versus 37% enrolled in Medicare ACO Networks Are Impressive 8
Advantage/other health plans (22.9 million). ACO Physicians Extend ACO Concepts 9
2
to Personal Lives/Medical Practices
ACOs About the Authors/Report Sponsors 10
are generating About the Publisher 12
End Notes
13
shared savings.
An ACO in
2013 generat-
ed $660,000 in
savings versus
$3.6 million in
3
2019.

* The terms “Original Medicare” and “Medicare Fee-for-Service” are synonymous.