Premier Analysis: Combined ACO and Quality Efforts Could Save Billions More
Health system accountable care organizations (ACOs) that also participate in focused inpatient quality improvement efforts achieve costs savings of $1,721 per beneficiary, per year, according to a new PINC AI analysis. If all health systems performed at this level, the U.S. could save $16,922,197,000, or 1 percent of annual Medicare hospital expenditures. PINC AI is a division of our organization, Premier Inc.,an alliance based in Charlotte, N.C.
