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Arkansas Health Network Saves Medicare $12.9MLock Icon

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Did you know the Arkansas Health Network of Little Rock saved Medicare $12.9 million in 2019?

The numbers are expected to be officially announced soon.

AHN works with a company’s self-insured plan and government agencies to help cut health care costs and improve the health of people in the plan.

AHN isn’t a health care or insurance plan but works closely with the employee’s primary care physician to provide the best care. In 2019, AHN reduced short-term inpatient hospitalizations and emergency department visits by 2% for about 33,000 covered patients.

AHN is the largest clinically integrated network in Arkansas. AHN manages more than 111,000 patients in Arkansas and partners with a network of nearly 2,400 providers, 26 skilled nursing facilities and 16 hospitals.

The employer pays a nominal fee for care management. If AHN lowers health care costs for the employer, the shared savings are split between AHN and the company.

Most of AHN’s portion of the revenue is distributed to the providers responsible for the savings. AHN calculates the savings by comparing the projected cost of a health plan with the actual cost for a year.

For 2019, AHN also earned the highest total savings out of 16 accountable care organizations. During the last three years, AHN has saved Medicare a total of $31.6 million.

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