Collective participation in delivery system and payment reform programs, including accountable care organizations (ACOs), was not generally associated with improved health services outcomes in primary...
Accountable care organizations (ACOs) in the Medicare Shared Savings Program will care for more beneficiaries in 2022, making it the largest alternative payment model in Medicare despite lackluster ACO...
A group of healthcare organizations, led by the National Association of ACOs (NAACOS), has asked CMS to provide accountable care organizations (ACOs) with the option to use pre-pandemic years to set...
The majority of accountable care organizations (ACOs) participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program earned shared savings last year despite dealing with a global pandemic that altered healthcare...
CMS is looking to modernize the ACO reporting process by mandating the use of electronic clinical quality measures (eCQMs). However, accountable care organizations (ACOs) are concerned that the lack of...
The Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) saved over $4 billion in 2020. Between the $1.9 billion in Medicare savings and $2.3 billion in accountable care organization (ACO) savings, this represents...
Medicare ACO savings hit a record high, with accountable care organizations collectively saving Medicare $4.1 billion in 2020, according to a new report.
The total savings, along with the $1.9 billion...
The American Medical Group Association (AMGA) recommended several steps regarding accountable care organization (ACO) financial risk advancement in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) in a...
Some independent primary care practices joining health system-led Medicare accountable care organizations (ACOs) raised their prices after what researchers called “soft consolidation,”...
Radiologist involvement in Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) accountable care organizations (ACOs) has increased significantly in recent years, showing promise for increased specialist...
According to nearly a dozen leading medical groups, changes to accountable care organization (ACO) quality reporting are rushed, unclear, and potentially harmful to patient care.
In a letter to HHS...
Accountable care organization (ACO) participation in the Medicare Shared Savings Program has hit a new low in 2021, according to new data from CMS.
The data dropped by CMS this week showed that 477...
Accountable care organizations (ACOs) in the Medicare Shared Savings Program collectively saved $2.6 billion in 2019, netting Medicare $1.19 billion, according to the latest program performance...
Accountable care organizations had a record year, according to the latest performance data for the Medicare Shared Savings Program.
CMS recently announced that organizations participating in the program – which are otherwise known...
Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) generated $1.19 billion in total net savings to Medicare in 2019, representing the third consecutive year for net program savings and the largest annual savings...
A new rural health model recently unveiled by CMS will offer rural providers and their communities new funding opportunities to bolster value-based care through capitated payments and accountable care...
A bipartisan bill introduced late last week aims to increase alternative payment model (APM) participation by making “commonsense changes” to the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization...
CMS should keep the 2021 application cycle for the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) open and implement other changes to the program to protect providers from excessive costs incurred during the...
Accountable care organizations (ACOs) are calling for more support during the coronavirus pandemic, including more time to decide whether to continue participation in the Medicare Shared Savings...
Physician groups did not reduce their share of vulnerable patients after joining an accountable care organization despite claims of the opposite, a new study from the Perelman School of Medicine...