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Southwestern Health Resources Is the Top Accountable Care Organization (Again)
The network generated $52 million in healthcare savings in 2019 by preventing issues before they become costly.
By Will Maddox
Published in
Healthcare Business
February 8, 2021
1:00 pm
Southwestern Health Resources, the accountable care organization run by UT Southwestern and Texas Health Resources, saved more money for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services than any other ACO in 2019. North Texas is one of the more expensive places in the country to receive care, so the savings are especially impactful.
CMS launched the Next Generation ACO Model in 2017, incentivizing organizations to find savings in the care they provided Medicare patients while maintaining quality to reduce federal spending on healthcare. If the groups can find more efficient ways to care for their patients, they can keep half of the money they save. In 2019, SWHR found $52 million worth of savings across the 100,00