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An ACO assignment journey: Coding and attribution in medicare ACOs
Two different ACOs are assigned two Medicare patients each, and their operational choices shed light on the relationship between engagement and profits.
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Medicare ACO performance: Risk, enrollment size, cost and savings for 392 ACOs
A year’s worth of data from 392 Accountable Care Organizations show that precise risk-scoring is a predictor and indicator of financial success.
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Utilization density plot: Cost and utilization of 50k ACO patients
50,000 patients show individual pathologies and community trends. Here, we see how three different cohorts’ yearly visits translate to healthcare costs.
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Medicare ACO performance
An updated visualization of Medicare ACO Performance compares risk, enrollment size, cost, and savings for 392 ACOs using a 2017 CMS data set.
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What does quality mean in healthcare? From measures to metrics
The word “quality” gets thrown around a lot in discussions of healthcare. Politicians opine about delivering Americans “higher quality” health care at a lower cost. Insurance companies and healthcare networks advertise...
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Hospital variation: Size, cost, outcomes, and experience as reported by CMS
In the interplay of cost, value, and outcomes, CMS data allows us to identify how the country’s largest hospitals balance between efficiency and care.
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Medicare ACO performance: Risk, enrollment size, cost and savings for 372 ACOs
A data visualization of Medicare ACO Performance compares risk, enrollment size, cost, and savings for 372 ACOs using a 2014 CMS data set.
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What are risk and risk-based payment models in healthcare?
When you think of risk, you’re probably thinking of an outcome you’d like to avoid — but what do we mean when we talk about healthcare risk?
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The final year: visualizing end of life
Where do we spend our final moments? Data shows that 42% of patients pass away at home, but an almost equal proportion die in hospitals.
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Weaving hospital variation, explained
Using 2015 CMS data, Arcadia looks at the variations in hospital size, quality of care, cost, and efficiency across ACOs.