First look at APCM data: Growth, modest reach, physician turnover for Medicare’s primary care bundle
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|Articles|July 25, 2011
Study: Physician alignment blocking accountable care organization formation
Physician alignment is the most serious obstacle to forming accountable care organizations, according to a new study.
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Physician alignment is the most serious obstacle to forming accountable care organizations (ACOs), according to a new study.
Fifty-eight percent of respondents to the survey by staffing firm AMN Healthcare said their facilities are forming ACOs or are thinking about doing so.
Of that group, 42% said physician alignment is the single biggest obstacle to their efforts, followed by lack of capital (38%), lack of integrated information technology systems (31%), and lack of evidence-based treatment protocol data (25%).
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