A new analysis from Avalere showed that Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) accountable care organizations (ACOs) failed to reduce Medicare spending as the Congressional Budget Office (CBO)...
Giving providers a holistic view of the patient resulted in accountable care organization (ACO) success for a risk-based organization in southern Florida, which earned a place on the list of ACOs...
Six healthcare industry groups are urging CMS to extend participation in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) Track 1 beyond two agreement periods to allow accountable care organizations (ACOs)...
Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) accountable care organizations (ACOs) have shifted their spending to physician services and away from inpatient and skilled nursing facility care, according to a...
Accountable care organizations (ACOs) in the non-risk bearing track of the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) could have boosted their bottom lines by an additional $966 million in net payments in...
According to a new fact sheet from CMS, the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) will see some fresh faces in 2018, as well as more accountable care organizations (ACOs) entering downside financial...
In a new interim final rule, CMS modified quality reporting and shared losses policies for Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) accountable care organizations (ACOs) affected by recent natural...
Care coordination and care management strategies focused on high-risk and chronically ill patients did not drive early cost savings among accountable care organizations (ACOs) in the Medicare Shared...
Medicare accountable care organizations (ACOs) found overwhelming success with care quality improvements in 2016, but the organizations were still working on reducing costs, according to a recent...
Accountable care organizations (ACOs) decreased Medicare spending by $836 million in 2016, new data from CMS revealed.
As a result, the organizations from four Medicare ACO programs returned about...
Accountable care organizations (ACOs) participating in the first three years of the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) reduced Medicare spending, with a net reduction of almost $1 billion,...
A Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) accountable care organization (ACO) realized over $15 million in healthcare savings between 2014 and 2015 by improving skilled nursing facility utilization and...
The American Hospital Association (AHA) recently called on leaders from the Department of Treasury and IRS to issue formal guidance that would permit non-profit hospitals to participate in commercial...
A new JAMA Internal Medicine study showed that Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) accountable care organizations (ACOs) established in 2012 decreased post-acute care spending by a 9 percent...
In a new Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) Track 1+ fact sheet, CMS clarified model details for 2018 to 2020 participation, including maximum shared savings and losses rates, risk assignments, and...
As the Quality Payment Program links more Medicare payments to value-based reimbursement, a new Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) track will allow eligible clinicians to qualify for additional...
Providers can boost value-based reimbursement success by incorporating early palliative care into routine cancer care delivery, a new study in the American Journal of Managed Care indicated.
Researchers...
A recent Leavitt Partners study showed that 61 percent of accountable care organization (ACO) contracts are upside risk-only, indicating that ACOs may be risk-adverse or are still in the experimental...
Medicare accountable care organizations (ACOs) that are part of Premier Inc.’s Population Health Management Collaborative (PHMC) outperformed other Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) and...
House representatives Diane Black (R-TN) and Peter Welch (D-VT) introduced a bill last week that would change the rules for Medicare accountable care organizations (ACOs).
The ACO Improvement Act of...
