PCMH and Medicare ACO share many common attributes, especially on their payment model structures. Both models will also benefit from care providers' investment in EMR technology and general IT innovations such as cloud services, mobile computing, and data analytics.
The PCPCC actually calls PCMH "foundational to ACOs," a description with which Parks Associates agrees.
The number of patients enrolled in either a PCMH or an ACO-recognized physician practice will experience a dramatic increase from 2012 to 2017.
Over 3 million patients received care under a PCMH or ACO model in 2012, and this figure will exceed 130 million patients by 2017, according to Parks Associates' projections.
PCMHs and ACOs will receive care management fees to care for patients outside of traditional service settings and for their care coordination efforts, and these fees will become new revenue sources for care providers.
Parks Associates estimates that revenues from care management fees for these providers will jump from US$156 million in 2012 to more than $8.8 billion in 2017. Use of telehealth technology to manage patients with chronic conditions will also be much more common in a coordinated care model than it is today.
From the article, "Coordinated Care Models in Digital Health" by Harry Wang.
