Healthcare Innovation February 18, 2021
Southwestern Health Resources Accountable Care Network has been a top performer in the Next Gen ACO model, and a senior executive lays out the reasons why
The federal accountable care organization (ACO) landscape continues to twist and turn, with one of the most recent developments being the drop of participants in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP), down from a membership high of 561 in 2018 to 477 at the start of 2021. Leaders at the National Association of ACOs (NAACOS) assert that the reason for the decline in program participants is related to several Trump administration-era policies, including 2018 changes from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) called “Pathways to Success,” which gave ACOs limited time before...