Roji Health Intelligence Releases New Guide as CMS Expands the Role of Accountable Care Organizations

As CMS expands specialty payment models and financial accountability, healthcare organizations must rethink how ACOs coordinate care, manage risk, and improve outcomes.

CHICAGO, Aug. 19, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Roji Health Intelligence, a healthcare technology firm focused on value-based care and quality performance, today announced the release of The ACO Guide to Leading the Future of Coordinated, Accountable Care, a new eBook exploring how Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) can prepare for the changing role of accountable care.

Over the past two years, CMS has significantly focused on ACOs as the lynchpin for coordinating care between primary and specialty, hospital, and post-acute care. Recent federal rules expanded the responsibilities of ACOs through new episodic specialty payment models, including those for high-cost or high-volume surgeries (Transforming Episode Accountability Model, or TEAM), high-cost conditions (Ambulatory Specialty Model, or ASM), and lower extremity joint replacements (TEAM and Comprehensive Joint Replacement, or CJR-X). Combined with a new ACO model that is the model of the future, these initiatives position ACOs as the hub of coordinated, accountable care while raising expectations around specialty integration, data management, quality performance and financial risk.

While much of the industry's guidance focuses on regulatory compliance, Roji's new guide addresses a broader question: Is your ACO built for what comes next?

"The role of the ACO is evolving faster than many organizations realize," said Theresa Hush, CEO of Roji Health Intelligence. "Many ACOs were not prepared for shifts in their responsibilities or for changes to reimbursements when new requirements started to emerge. They didn’t have the technology or patient data to improve clinical outcomes or cost performance. The new expectations require that these organizations orchestrate the health events for the patients while optimizing quality and cost. This guide helps healthcare leaders understand how to prepare."

Drawing on five Roji Intel articles published during the first half of 2026, the eBook examines the strategic, operational and technology changes shaping the future of accountable care. Topics include specialty care integration, advanced analytics, managing both episodic and population-based risk, and extending coordinated care beyond traditional clinical encounters.

For nearly two decades, Roji Health Intelligence has provided physician practice organizations, hospitals and Accountable Care Organizations with data-driven services to improve health care quality and costs. Roji Services begin with aggregation of detailed patient clinical data and financial data, which is then used in advanced analytics and many solutions for provider interventions and population health. Roji has been a CMS Qualified Registry for 19 consecutive years, and has deep expertise in value-based payment models and health care policies.

Healthcare organizations evaluating their long-term value-based care strategy can download The ACO Guide to Leading the Future of Coordinated, Accountable Care eBook here.

About Roji Health Intelligence

Roji Health Intelligence is a healthcare technology firm committed to value-based care and ensuring that our clients can succeed in any initiative tied to healthcare quality and affordability. The Roji Health Intelligence Clinical Data Registry is a certified, comprehensive platform of services for physician organizations and hospitals to measure quality and improve costs for all patients, supporting payment models for government and commercial health plans. First-of-its-kind Roji Episodes technology in the platform enable providers to identify and address quality issues and cost drivers in patient conditions and procedures, for success under every risk-based payment model.

For more information about Roji Health Intelligence and its technology and services, visit https://rojihealthintel.com 

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