Under the LEAD model, beneficiary attribution is the foundation of your ACO’s financial performance.

Voluntary alignment — the process by which a patient formally designates a participating provider as their main place of care — is the most effective lever for growing attribution and creating additional revenue.

In an analysis of over 100,000 Medicare lives, only ~40% of patients in a provider’s panel are claims-aligned to the ACO. Voluntary alignment is the only effective way to close the gap.

In-House or Outsourced? What ACOs get wrong about voluntary alignment

Voluntary alignment is a resource-intensive, manual process that is prone to errors and requires a dedicated FTE or team — which can be both costly and produce inconsistent results. ACOs that run the process in-house often underestimate just how much operational overhead is involved: mailing campaigns, form intake, data entry, monthly CMS submissions, and ongoing compliance tracking all compete for the same internal resources.

Introducing Mabel — trusted by 1 in 3 ACO REACHs

Rather than building and maintaining an in-house team, ACOs that partner with Mabel can redirect that effort toward patient care — while still growing attribution.

  • Turn-key solution: Mabel is a purpose-built technology platform that manages the full voluntary alignment workflow — campaign execution, response processing, alignment tracking, CMS file preparation, and compliance/auditing.
  • Experience: Mabel has generated over 150,000 new alignments in ACO REACH and has sent and processed more than 750,000 voluntary alignment forms.
  • Superior results: ACO partners have seen alignment growth of 30%+ at a 10x+ ROI and one-fifth of the cost to run in-house.

The LEAD implementation period begins September 15. Now is the time to streamline your voluntary alignment operations, maximize ACO growth, and eliminate the administrative overhead of a continuous submission cycle.