(BPT) - The Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) achieved unprecedented results in 2024, marking the highest savings and participation rates since the program's inception. The program generated $2.5 billion in Medicare savings while distributing $4.1 billion in performance payments to physicians, a clear validation that coordinated care models can simultaneously improve patient outcomes and reduce health care costs.1
However, the difference in performance across the participating accountable care organizations (ACOs) reveals important lessons about what drives success. While 75% of ACOs earned performance payments program-wide, the distribution was far from uniform. Aledade's physician-led ACOs achieved a 93% success rate, compared to the 73% program average.2 These performance results directly translate to patient care, with higher-performing ACOs demonstrating measurable improvement in preventive care delivery, chronic disease management and overall patient health outcomes.
While the data proves that value-based care works, to be truly successful, execution and partnership strategies matter.
"Aledade understands the role we play, and they've made Medicare understand the role we play," said Daljeet Saluja, M.D., of Saluja Medical Associates in Baltimore, Maryland. "To be rewarded for our good work is very powerful, and that's why most Aledade physicians see more shared savings year after year."
Beyond the dollars: Aledade ACO partners measurably impact patient lives
Beyond saving dollars, Aledade impacts health care for the better, supporting its partners with resources and tools to deliver measurable improvements in the health and daily lives of every patient in the network.
- Preventing unnecessary costs at scale: Aledade's partners helped their patients avoid 263,000 unnecessary hospitalizations and emergency department visits, all while conducting more than 800,000 annual wellness visits.2
- Quality care that counts: Aledade partner practices and clinics have driven significant health improvements including increases in hypertension control rates - 4% higher than the national average.2
- Improved patient experience: Patients of Aledade partner practices gave a 92% physician approval rating, while 84% of patients agree Aledade practices allow them to get timely care and information.3
- Equity in action: Aledade partners with over 25% of community health centers (CHCs) in MSSP, helping them achieve meaningful shared savings. These savings enable CHCs to reinvest in under-resourced and rural communities while delivering patient-centered care that prevents illness, manages chronic conditions and ensures positive experiences regardless of economic status.2
These outcomes show health care transformation that prioritizes patients: preventing illness, managing chronic conditions effectively and ensuring positive care experiences regardless of economic circumstances.
"One huge advantage of participating in an Aledade ACO and earning shared savings has been that we are able to spend more time with our sickest patients," said Christine Meyer, M.D., founder of Christine Meyer, MD & Associates, in Exton, Pennsylvania. "By reducing the number of patient visits per hour, our sickest and most complicated patients get comprehensive care with every visit."
Performance differentiation: What drives superior results
Aledade's performance stems from providing actionable insights and dedicated support for clinicians to keep their patients healthier while generating revenue through value-based care contracts/arrangements. With more than 200 field coaches across 46 states, Aledade understands unique market dynamics and delivers coaching that meets specific local challenges to provide better patient care. Aledade's technology also drives superior results, by surfacing electronic health record (EHR), hospital, lab, pharmacy and claims data all in one place, showing digestible patient insights at the point of care. This drives earlier clinical intervention, improved care coordination and quality, all while alleviating administrative workloads.
The financial impact is substantial: Individual practices and clinics averaged $390,000 each in shared savings payments. Spanning rural, suburban and urban markets across 59 ACOs in 46 states, Aledade demonstrates that focused primary care investment creates sustainable competitive advantages regardless of geographic or demographic challenges.2
For physicians considering value-based care: These results offer a clear roadmap
Physicians should look for a partner with demonstrated operational excellence, physician-led governance and a track record of supporting primary care organizations across the board. The success of Aledade's physician-led ACOs demonstrates that primary care physicians can deliver exceptional patient care while maintaining financially sustainable organizations. This proves that high-quality care, better patient access, reductions of unnecessary costs and improved profitability can all work together.
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2 Performance Year Financial and Quality Results, Data.CMS.gov. The individual performance of non-Aledade ACOs may be better or worse than the average.
3 Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers & Systems, CMS
