Last week, CMS Administrator Seema Verma reported that CMS approved the applications for 53 new accountable care organizations (ACOs) to join the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) starting on Jan....
The number of accountable care organizations (ACOs) in the overhauled Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) assuming downside financial risk doubled from 93 ACOS at the start of 2019 to 192 at the...
Next Generation accountable care organizations (ACOs) reduced spending by about 1.11 percent in 2018, returning more than $184 million to the Medicare Trust Funds, according to new program results from...
HHS’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) is taking steps toward “much needed reform” of Medicare fraud laws, but more can be done to remove the value-based care barriers presented by...
Accountable care organizations (ACOs) in the Medicare Shared Savings Program saved CMS approximately $3.52 billion from 2013 to 2017, according to a new analysis from analytic firm Dobson DaVanzo &...
Fourteen healthcare industry groups, including the American Hospital Association (AHA) and the American Medical Association (AMA), recently backed the campion to Senate legislation that would alter...
The introduction of Pathways to Success may behind falling accountable care organization (ACO) participation numbers, according to researchers from Leavitt Partners and the Duke-Margolis Center for...
Physician-led accountable care organizations (ACOs) in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) produced nearly seven times the savings per beneficiary than hospital-led ACOs, a new analysis...
Accountable care organization (ACO) success was no stranger to physicians at Advocate Health Care and Aurora Health Care. Now that the two major health systems are combined, the new...
Accountable care organization (ACOs) in the Medicare Shared Savings Program saved $739.4 million in 2018 after accounting for shared savings and losses that year, according to program data released by...
The majority of physicians now participate in an accountable care organization (ACO), the American Medical Association (AMA) recently reported.
Overall, 53.8 percent of physicians polled in September...
Reimbursement inadequacy, timeliness of data, and access to data are preventing hospitals and health systems from moving to risk-based payment, according to a recent survey from healthcare improvement...
The latest accountable care organization (ACO) participation numbers for the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) raise concerns for the National Association of ACOs (NAACOS).
In a recent Health...
The Medicare Shared Savings Program, which governs the majority of Medicare accountable care organizations (ACOs), and Medicare Advantage are gaining in popularity. But the former is saving taxpayers,...
Accountable care organizations (ACOs) that provided between 40 and 45 percent of office visits through specialists had significantly lower costs compared to ACOs with the lowest and highest specialty...
Accountable care organizations (ACOs) have reduced Medicare spending and improved care quality, but some organizations are doing it better than others, the HHS Office of the Inspector General (OIG)...
CMS selected 206 accountable care organizations (ACOs) to participate in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) under Pathways to Success, including 41 entirely new ACOs and 25 re-entering the...
The number of accountable care organizations (ACOs) increased roughly fivefold since 2012, but the number of contracts with downside financial risk has remained relatively static, according to a new...
Value-based payment reform will be the key to lowering healthcare costs and improving care quality, according to health economist Michael Chernew, PhD.
At AHIP’s 2019 Institute & Expo in...
Accountable care organizations (ACOs) have come a long way since the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Providers have formed over 1,000 ACOs covering over 32 million patients since the law paved the way for...