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Decision Support Medicare Shared Savings Program

Expand Service Areas and Recruit ACO Assigned Beneficiary Population
Physicians Wisely by County
It is no surprise ACOs and associat-
ed assigned beneficiaries are clustered in
geographies with high proportions of
Medicare eligible populations.

Location of ACOs by ZIP Code

Source: CMS

Linking several data sources and mapping
results will often provide better insights for sup-
porting management and marketing decisions.
Source: 2CY, Inc. data analytics

As the ACO concept matures, com- Example of Identifying and Locating
petition for the best locations and physi- High-Value Physician Targets
cian participants will increase. Data ana-
lytics can help mitigate this issue by help-
ing management choose:

• Locations with high proportions of
Original Medicare patients versus
those highly penetrated by Medicare
Advantage.

• Market areas with no or fewer ACOs.

• Physicians with the most Original Source: 2CY, Inc. data analytics
Medicare patients in a region.

• Physicians with high patient satisfac-
tion scores as part of a provider panel.

Federal and statewide databases are good sources of information for identifying high-value
ACO potential markets and physician targets.

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