title: Orchestrating ACO success: how top performers achieve shared savings.
abstract: Leaders of the top-performing accountable care organizations in the Medicare Shared Savings Program attribute the success of their organizations in large part to seven strategies: Seek action-oriented leadership. Transform primary care physician practices. Keep patients out of the emergency department. Ensure all transitions are smooth. Make effective use of available data. Share information on physician performance. Keep patients engaged.
authors.forename: John M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.forename: Idette
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Elizondo
authors.forename: Amanda M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D060866:Accountable Care Organizations / Q000191:economics*; D017046:Cost Savings; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational / Q000191:economics; D014481:United States; D062505:Value-Based Purchasing