ACOs with 2-sided risk can cut cost, improve quality, study finds

Dive Brief:

• Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts’ Alternative Quality Contract (AQC) population health program with two-sided risk cut per-enrollee spending by as much as 11.9% compared to a control group, according to a recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
• Researchers from Harvard and Tufts University medical schools, Massachusetts General Hospital and Haven Boston studied eight years of AQC data.
• Along with the cost savings, the percentage of members in the AQC who received quality care for chronic disease management also rose.

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