Majority of Healthcare Executives Likely to Join an ACO

AMDR President, Daniel J. Vukelich, posted on the joint Squire Sanders/AMDR Accountable Care Forum on the results of a recent survey on likely ACO participation.

Many healthcare executives may still be on the fence about the future impact of accountable care organizations (ACOs), but most of them still believe their institutions will ultimately join an ACO, according to FierceHealthcare‘s report on the results of a survey released by U.S. News and Fidelity Investments earlier this week.  According to the survey, 66.4 percent of the more than 1,800 hospitals and researchers surveyed were “likely” or “extremely likely” to join an ACO, whereas only 3.7 percent said they were “not at all likely” to join an ACO…