Health Systems May See More Savings With Medicare Advantage vs. Medicare ACOs

A new study published in JAMA Network Open raises questions about whether health systems can actually achieve significant savings through the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP), or if Medicare Advantage could be a better bet. To identify spending patterns in MA and MSSP’s Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), researchers studied the characteristics and claims data of about 16,000 Medicare patients at Ochsner Health System (OHS), a large, academic system in Louisiana, from 2014 to 2018. Ochsner joined MSSP in 2013, and its ACO hosts more than 2,200 providers. It also offers MA plans via a partnership with Humana Inc.

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Carina Belles

Carina Belles

Carina is a reporter at AIS, specializing in public sector data research, trend analysis and infographics. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Journalism from Ohio University, joining AIS shortly after graduating in 2014.

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