Tag: ACOs
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) met on March 5-6 to consider presentations and recommendations from MedPAC staff related to quality improvement, risk adjustment and payment innovation. Addressing Medicare Shared Savings ...
MSSP Saves $739.4 Million in 2018 Recently released performance results show that the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) generated $739.4 million in total net savings across 548 accountable care organizations (ACOs) in 2018. In a Health ...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released three new cases studies highlighting Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) participating in the Next Generation ACO Model and the Medicare Shared Savings Program. The case studies feat...
In a Health Affairs blog post, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma shared accountable care organization (ACO) participation information for the July 1 Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) start date. CMS a...
In response to concerns voiced by Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced that it will change a tobacco-use quality measure from a pay-for-performance measure to a pay-for-reporti...
On June 14, 2019, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) released its June 2019 Report to the Congress: Medicare and the Health Care Delivery System. Each June, as part of its mandate from the Congress, MedPAC reports on issues affecting t...
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) held site visits and interviews at six accountable care organizations (ACOs) – four participating in the Next Generation ACO model and two in the Medicare Shared Savings Program – to evaluate how ACOs are usi...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the Notice of Intent to Apply (NOIA) and application cycle dates for a January 1, 2020 start date for the Medicare Shared Savings Program Pathways to Success. Beginning June 11, 2019, CMS...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (Innovation Center) announced two new pathways encompassing five new payment models intended to move organizations toward value based payments an...
CMS released a public Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Care Coordination Toolkit and a series of case studies that highlight the work of ACOs and End-Stage Renal Disease Care (ESRD) Seamless Care Organizations (ESCOs) participating in the Shared S...
