Most accountable care organizations (ACOs) are still making performance decisions without a complete, reliable view of their patients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When data is fragmented across systems and interoperability is limited, attribution becomes harder to reconcile, performance metrics stop matching what\u2019s happening on the ground, and visibility into total cost of care becomes inconsistent. Over time, this creates a gap between reported performance and operational reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The National Association of Accountable Care Organizations (NAACOS) Spring Conference brings together ACO leaders operating under increasing performance pressure driven by policy changes, benchmarking adjustments, and the continued shift toward two-sided risk where performance is no longer optional.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Performance comes down to attribution, risk adjustment accuracy, and total cost of care across attributed populations. As these dynamics evolve, the challenge isn\u2019t access to data. It\u2019s whether it can actually be used in real-world operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sessions at NAACOS will focus on how ACOs are adapting to changes in MSSP benchmarking and evolving participation models.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These shifts increase the importance of attribution clarity, cohort-level visibility, and consistent performance tracking. In fragmented provider environments, incomplete data can distort attribution and limit visibility into cost and quality performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s not just a reporting issue. It changes the day-to-day decisions that determine performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In many cases, this pressure gets worse because the underlying data doesn\u2019t fully reflect what\u2019s happening across the network, making it harder to trust performance signals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The transition toward digital quality reporting is another key theme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As ACOs prepare for eCQM and dQM requirements, the focus is moving toward measure logic governance, data transparency, and auditability. Reliable performance measurement depends on infrastructure that can support consistent, version-controlled reporting across populations and contracts \u2014 not just once, but over time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Without a complete and governed longitudinal record, even well-defined measures can produce results that are difficult to validate across systems and reporting cycles, and harder to defend under audit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
AI is part of the conversation at NAACOS, but the focus is on what is production ready.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The industry is prioritizing governance, transparency, and alignment to reimbursement models. The focus is on how AI can support care gap identification and improve performance visibility without introducing additional risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When the underlying patient record is incomplete, AI models risk reinforcing gaps rather than improving performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These are the areas where performance tends to break down in practice:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Orion Health will be at NAACOS Spring Conference in Baltimore, connecting with ACO leaders navigating these challenges in real time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The gap between performance and reality is not a reporting issue, it\u2019s an operational one. This is the context Orion Health is entering at NAACOS Spring. We\u2019re focused on how value-based care models can strengthen longitudinal data completeness so attribution is more accurate, performance better reflects reality, and decisions are based on something teams can trust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If this reflects what you\u2019re seeing in your own ACO environment, it\u2019s worth comparing notes. Explore how Orion Health supports ACO performance, data visibility, and operational readiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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What We\u2019re Hearing Ahead of NAACOS Spring Conference Most accountable care organizations (ACOs) are still making performance decisions without a complete, reliable view of their patients. When data is fragmented across systems and interoperability is limited, attribution becomes harder to reconcile, performance metrics stop matching what\u2019s happening on the ground, and visibility into total cost […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":7715404,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[256,96],"region":[23,28],"class_list":["post-7715398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-health-information-exchange","tag-interoperability","region-global","region-us"],"yoast_head":"\n