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Medicare to launch primary care model for low-revenue ACOs
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services expects to launch a voluntary primary care model in January 2025 for low-revenue accountable care organizations that participate in the Medicare Shared Savings Program.
CMS reports record participation in Medicare ACOs this year
A record 480 accountable care organizations will participate in the Medicare Shared Savings Program in 2024, including 19 that will participate in the new permanent payment option, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Jan. 29.
CMS to launch new state-based, total-cost-of-care reimbursement model
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will select up to eight states to participate in a new voluntary all-payer model that aims to curb health care cost growth, improve population health, and advance health equity by reducing disparities in health outcomes.
CMS revises ACO REACH model for next year
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Aug. 14 announced changes to its Accountable Care Organization Realizing Equity, Access, and Community Health Model starting in performance year 2024 to advance health equity and make the model more predictable for participants and more consistent with other CMS programs and models.
CMMI announces transition of Direct Contracting Model into new ACO REACH Model
The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation announced a redesign of the Global and Professional Direct Contracting Model, which launched last year and was supposed to continue through 2026.
CMS removes ACO track from rural payment model
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday removed the Accountable Care Organization Transformation Track from the Community Health Access and Rural Transformation Model.
Next Generation ACO model saves Medicare $667M before incentive payments
The Next Generation Accountable Care Organization model reduced gross Medicare spending in performance years 2016 to 2019 by $667 million (1.2%), according to findings released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
AHA, others urge flexibility in Medicare ACO spending targets due to pandemic
A coalition of hospital and physician organizations, including the AHA, urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to give Medicare accountable care organizations the option to use pre-pandemic spending benchmarks to set financial targets beginning in performance year 2022.
CMS selects four organizations to lead rural health care model track
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services awarded four organizations an initial $2 million each to serve as lead organizations for the Community Transformation Track in the Community Health Access and Rural Transformation Model.
Groups ask Congress to include ACO bill in reconciliation package
AHA and 11 other organizations representing hospitals and physicians urged House and Senate committee leaders to include in the budget reconciliation bill the Value in Health Care Act (H.R. 4587), legislation to strengthen Medicare’s value-based payment models and accountable care organizations.