Financial Impact Analytics

Financial Impact Analytics for ACOs

Analyze cost, utilization, and financial performance to identify trends early and take action.

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Koan Health’s Financial Impact Analytics gives ACOs timely visibility into cost, utilization, and financial performance — so teams can identify trends early, understand what's driving spend, and make informed decisions before results are finalized.
Built on our Population Health Analytics platform and grounded in 30+ years of claims analytics expertise, Koan Health has supported over $800 million in Medicare shared savings across its clients.

What is Financial Impact Analytics?

Financial Impact Analytics helps Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) monitor cost, utilization, and financial outcomes across their population throughout the performance year.

It brings together claims and clinical data through a unified Population Health Analytics platform to provide a clear view of performance, enabling teams to understand trends, evaluate progress, and make informed decisions.

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How Does Financial Impact
Analytics Improve Performance?

Financial Impact Analytics equips ACO leaders with the ability to identify cost drivers earlier, improve financial visibility, and take action before year-end results are finalized.

Investigate unexpected increases in spend

Quickly identify spikes in DME, inpatient, or post-acute utilization and understand what’s driving the change.

Monitor performance throughout the year

Track cost, utilization, and financial performance monthly to stay on pace for shared savings—not just after CMS reconciliation- while also aligning with Quality Measures reporting.

Identify providers driving variation

Pinpoint providers contributing to higher costs or losses and support targeted engagement and performance improvement.

Validate suspected fraud, waste, or abnormal billing

Surface unusual patterns in claims data to investigate potential fraud or inappropriate utilization before it impacts performance.

Track progress toward shared savings goals

Understand your financial trajectory and make adjustments throughout the year to improve outcomes and avoid surprises.

Financial Impact
Analytics Capabilities

Financial Impact Analytics enables ACOs to move beyond retrospective reporting by providing timely visibility into cost, utilization, risk, and financial performance. From forecasting shared savings to drilling into the drivers behind utilization trends, teams gain the insight needed to evaluate performance, identify opportunities, and take action earlier.

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Precision HCC Scoring
& Risk Projections

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Accurate Risk Adjustment: Each patient is aligned to the correct CMS eligibility model (e.g., ESRD, Disabled, Aged Non-Dual, Aged Dual) to improve RAF accuracy and reflect true population risk.

Granular Visibility Across Your Population: Drill down from enterprise to provider to patient level to identify which providers and patients are driving cost, risk, and financial performance.

Scenario-Based Performance Modeling: Use pre-built scenarios based on historical performance and current HCC data to project outcomes and evaluate potential impact.

Actionable Risk and Performance Insights: Identify high-impact patients and providers to support earlier intervention, provider engagement, and network optimization.

MSSP Financial

Projections & Forecasting

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Proactive Financial Visibility: Identify performance trends early so you can take timely action and improve financial outcomes.

Ongoing Performance Monitoring: Quarterly claims updates provide a current view of financial performance so teams can track progress, identify trends, and make informed course corrections throughout the year.

Targeted Intervention Planning: Understand high-cost patients and providers to prioritize interventions and manage utilization more effectively.

Shared Savings & Transparency: Assess projected shared savings, performance payouts, and individual contributions to support provider engagement and alignment.

Deep Performance

Insights & Trend Analysis

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Multi-Level Performance Visibility: Track performance across ACO, group, practice, provider, and patient levels to identify variation, financial risk, and opportunities for improvement throughout the performance year.

Measure Intervention Impact Over Time: Monitor the effectiveness of interventions and evaluate progress throughout the year to understand what’s improving performance and where corrective action may be needed.

Flexible Claims, Visit, and Service Line Analysis: Analyze trends at the visit level for high-level patterns or drill into claims, DRGs, and service lines to understand the specific drivers behind cost and utilization changes across both Medicare and commercial populations.

Row-Level Drilldown to Source Data: Move instantly from summary trends to the underlying claims or visits with pre-applied filters, helping teams validate findings, answer questions faster, and act with confidence.

Why ACOs Choose Koan Health?

Koan Health delivers more than dashboards—it provides trusted, explainable insights into what’s driving financial performance and the tools to act on it.

Deep Drilldown into Cost and Utilization Drivers

Move from high-level trends to second-level service line analysis and underlying claims to understand exactly what’s driving cost and utilization.

Precision Risk Modeling & Financial Forecasting

Automatically align patient risk scores to the appropriate CMS eligibility model and combine scenario-based projections with ongoing claims updates to improve forecasting accuracy and support earlier intervention.

Visibility into Projected Savings for MSSP

Get a proactive view of your projected savings quarterly for your MSSP programs. Be armed with the data to drive improved performance.

Proven Financial Impact

Over $800M in shared savings generated across Koan Health’s client base, with a NPS of 85

Every day we use Koan Health’s population health platform to track our patients' care journeys and proactively flag suspect charges that deserve closer review across providers and organizations.
Todd Searls, Executive Director
IRCCO
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ACO Cost Drivers: How to Reduce Utilization and Improve Margin

Financial Impact Analytics FAQs

What is Financial Impact Analytics in an ACO?

Financial Impact Analytics helps ACOs monitor cost, utilization, and financial performance throughout the year to identify trends, evaluate outcomes, and uncover opportunities for improvement.

How do ACOs track total cost of care?

ACOs use claims data, often combined with clinical data, to analyze spending across care settings and identify drivers of cost and utilization.

Why is financial performance visibility important?

Timely performance insight allows ACOs to identify trends early and take action before costs escalate or shared savings opportunities are missed.

How does risk adjustment impact financial performance?

Accurate risk adjustment ensures that patient complexity is properly reflected in RAF scores, which directly impacts benchmarks, projections, and shared savings outcomes.

How does Koan Health improve financial performance visibility?

Koan Health provides a unified, validated view of claims and clinical data, enabling ACOs to track performance accurately, identify cost drivers, and act with confidence.

Understand Your Financial Performance—Clearly

Identify cost drivers, track performance, and improve shared savings with confidence.