Medscape September 16, 2020
The 541 accountable care organizations (ACOs) that participated in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) in 2019 generated $1.19 billion in net savings for Medicare, the largest annual haul for the program, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reports.
The gross savings for Medicare, before accounting for shared savings bonuses and the collection of shared losses from ACOs, was $2.65 billion, according to a news release from the National Association of ACOs (NAACOS). On the basis of those two figures, ACOs netted 55% of the money they saved.
In a Health Affairs blog post, CMS Administrator Seema Verma noted that ACOs that participated in the MSSP’s new Pathways to Success (PTS) tracks outperformed those that were finishing up...
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