EP324: ACOs (Accountable Care Organizations): Do They, in Fact, Improve the Quality of Care and Reduce Costs? With Nicole Bradberry and Kelly Conroy

Recently, the University of Pennsylvania Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, or LDI, put out a white paper called “The Future of Value-Based Payment: A Road Map to 2030.” Spoiler alert: Next week’s show is with Dr. Mai Pham, an author of that paper; and it’ll be a great show—so, tune back in next week. But, in the meantime, that paper made some really interesting points about ACOs (accountable care organizations). For example, they say that the average ACO shows a net savings of