Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs)
Medicare Accountable Care Organizations qualified for more than $466 million in shared savings in 2015 by meeting quality standards and their savings threshold, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced yesterday. Eight Pioneer ACOs generated more than $37 million in shared鈥
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on July 7 released the physician fee schedule (PFS) proposed rule for calendar year (CY) 2017. In addition to standard updates to the PFS payment rates and policies, the rule also includes proposed changes related to Medicare Advantage (MA) and鈥
Medicare accountable care organizations are associated with modest reductions in spending and use of hospitals and emergency departments, according to a study published this week by JAMA Internal Medicine. The study compared changes in spending and usage for beneficiaries cared for by ACO鈥
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today released a final rule that makes technical changes to the way financial targets are calculated for accountable care organizations in the Medicare Shared Savings Program. CMS will account for differences in regional health care spending鈥
Primary care practices can participate in both the Medicare Shared Savings Program and Comprehensive Primary Care Plus model in certain circumstances, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said Friday in an update to Frequently Asked Questions on the model. Practices in Tracks 1, 2鈥
The AHA yesterday urged the Internal Revenue Service to publish guidance affirming that hospitals may participate in accountable care organizations without generating a tax cost or incurring 鈥渢he catastrophic loss鈥 of their tax-exempt status.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has extended the deadline to submit letters of intent to apply to participate in the Next Generation Accountable Care Organization Model beginning Jan. 1. The new deadline is May 20. Participants in the model take on greater performance risk鈥
In a letter submitted March 28, the AHA continued to urge the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to modify the shared savings determination in the Medicare Shared Savings Program so that more accountable care organizations (ACO) can share in more of the savings they generate.