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

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.