Characteristics of Rural Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) -- A Survey of Medicare ACOs with Rural Presence

Abiodun Salako; Xi Zhu; A Clinton MacKinney; Fred Ullrich; Keith Mueller

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Characteristics of Rural Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) -- A Survey of Medicare ACOs with Rural Presence

Abiodun Salako, Xi Zhu, A Clinton MacKinney, Fred Ullrich and Keith Mueller

Policy File, No. 2015- 8, RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis

05/2015

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In this policy brief, we present the findings of a survey of 27 rural ACOs focusing on characteristics important to their formation and operation. We find that a majority of responding ACOs were formed from pre-existing integrated delivery systems and had physician and hospital participants with prior risk-sharing and quality-based payment experience. In addition, physician groups played a leading role in the formation and management of the ACOs.

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Title: Subtitle: Characteristics of Rural Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) -- A Survey of Medicare ACOs with Rural Presence
Creators: Abiodun Salako
Xi Zhu
A Clinton MacKinney
Fred Ullrich
Keith Mueller
Resource Type: Report
Publisher: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis; Iowa City, Iowa, USA
Series: Policy File; No. 2015- 8
Number of pages: 4 pages
Language: English
Date published: 05/2015
Academic Unit: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis; Health Management and Policy; Public Policy Center (Archive)
Record Identifier: 9984214708402771

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