ACO Tech Stack
Three decisions will set your ACO's 2027 result.Make them on numbers.
Each can swing the result by millions, and each is a modeling question before it is a preference.
The Three Decisions
Three choices set your APP Plus score, your track economics, and who belongs in the ACO.
Quality reporting collection type for 2026
Different collection types produce different APP Plus scores
eCQM, MIPS CQM, and Medicare CQM do not score the same way. APP Plus quality performance feeds shared savings, so the collection-type choice is a financial decision, not a reporting preference. We price each type against your TIN mix and EMR footprint before you lock it in.
Track and benchmark election
BASIC or ENHANCED, prospective or retrospective
Your track sets the shared-savings rate and the downside risk. Your assignment method (prospective or retrospective) changes who lands in the attributed population and how the benchmark is built. We re-price both tracks and both assignment methods against your claims so the election rests on your numbers, not a default.
Network analysis
Who should be in your ACO, and who dilutes the savings
Every TIN and NPI on the participant list changes your attributed population, your benchmark, and your path to the minimum savings rate. Adding the wrong participants can raise costs without improving quality. We run the network as a what-if: who to keep, who to add, and who quietly makes the MSR harder to clear.
One platform answers all three. And files the submission.
APP Plus reporting through our own CMS-approved QCDR, contract analytics validated against CMS and a third-party actuarial firm, and a per-patient brief at the chair.
Savings only become shareable once spending clears the MSR. The model shows this margin all year, and re-prices it under any roster, election, or coding scenario.
Our projection landed within 0.03% of CMS's final benchmark. You receive an interactive model and a matching Excel workbook, refreshed monthly and reconciled to CMS each quarter. What used to take a round of actuarial support now appears the moment you ask for it.
HCCs, surfaced
Suspected and historical conditions the record supports, queued for confirmation at the visit.
Quality gaps, closable today
The patient's open measure gaps, and what closes each one at this visit.
AWV due status
Whether an Annual Wellness Visit is due, so no eligible visit leaves unscheduled.
Unmanaged conditions, detected
Signals of conditions without active management, before they become avoidable costs.
See the whole stack against your own data.
Bring your claim and enrollment files. We'll show you your benchmark, your collection-type trade-off, and what the 2027 proposals do to both.
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