HealthExec December 5, 2019
Amy Baxter

Accountable care organizations (ACOs) saved Medicare more than $3.53 billion from 2013 to 2017, according to a report from industry group the National Association of ACOs (NAACOS). After accounting for shared savings over that time period, ACOs saved the Medicare program $755 million, the report found.

The NAACOS report examined the performance of the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) for performance year 2017, building on reports from performance years 2013 to 2016. ACOs cover roughly 11 million seniors across 518 ACOs.

NAACOS’s savings are higher than CMS’s estimates, adding to the ongoing dispute between the actual rate of savings in the MSSP. For example, one estimate from Avalere Health found that upside-only ACOs, which don’t take on downside risk, actually...

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Topics: ACO (Accountable Care), CMS, Govt Agencies, Health System / Hospital, Insurance, Medicare, Payment Models, Physician, Primary care, Provider, Value Based
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