Participants in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) already familiar with physician practice transformation were more likely to earn shared savings payments, which should lead the Centers for...
CMS should use a modified Next Generation model benchmark methodology to calculate healthcare cost thresholds to ensure all accountable care organizations (ACOs) in the Medicare Shared Savings Program...
Medicare accountable care organizations (ACOs) saved more than $466 million in 2015, with 125 ACOs qualifying for shared savings payments under the value-based care model, CMS reported in an announcement...
While one of the primary goals of joining an accountable care organization (ACO) is to coordinate care in effort to reduce healthcare spending, many Medicare ACO participants have seen early benefits...
As the number of accountable care organizations (ACO) continues to grow, many healthcare providers are all too familiar with the alternative payment model’s overarching goals of improving care...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has recently finalized a rule that will change the methodology for calculating costs under Medicare Shared Saving Program, the federal agency...
By stripping commercial accountable care organizations (ACOs) of their charitable tax exempt status, the IRS could be threatening the future of value-based care and care coordination, according to the...
According to a report from Leavitt Partners, 42 percent of accountable care organizations (ACO) residing in high-cost markets in the Medicare’s Shared Savings Program (MSSP) earned shared savings,...
CMS recently proposed a rule that would put last year's MACRA's legislation into action. The proposal introduces several significant changes to the way providers will attest to quality...
An unnamed accountable care organization (ACO) will not be able to claim charitable tax exempt status since its role centered on facilitation instead of the provision of care, the IRS said in a...
Last month, the National Association of ACOs (NAACOS) submitted comments for the Health Care Payment Learning & Action Network (LAN) Financial Benchmarking Draft White Paper. NAACOS takes on the...
More than 700 accountable care organizations (ACO) currently work toward the goal of improving the quality of healthcare while also reducing capital costs of healthcare thanks to the Affordable Care Act....
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is moving forward with updating the rules and programs around accountable care organizations. The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)...
The Medicare Shared Savings Program has not, as of yet, reduced healthcare spending for the federal government. Along with the lack of cost savings within the Medicare-sponsored program, Kaiser Health...
Since the healthcare industry has experienced rising costs over the years, providers and federal agencies have focused their energies on implementing new value-based payment models and healthcare...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is constantly attempting to reform and modify current programs in order to achieve the Triple Aim of Healthcare – reduced medical costs,...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released a proposed rule to improve performance incentives for accountable care organizations (ACOs) under the Medicare Shared Savings...
The Medicare Pioneer Accountable Care Organization (ACO) has proven it is able to manage larger performance-based financial risk levels. But some Pioneer ACOs dropped out when quality benchmarks were too...
Is the "Accountable" part of accountable care organizations being ignored? Over 100 new Medicare Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) participants will keep quality high and costs low, according to...
Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) may be a welcome hospital reimbursement innovation for the critical access community. Critical care organizations far away from the hustle and bustle of a...
