McKnight’s Senior Living October 23, 2023
Medicare’s Shared Savings Program should be amended to allow more provider types — including assisted living providers — to lead its accountable care organizations, Nicole Fallon, LeadingAge vice president of integrated services and managed care, said in a recent letter to the chairman of the House Budget Committee Health Care Task Force.
Currently, the Shared Savings Program ACO model only allows hospitals, health systems and physicians to lead the model.
“We have seen examples of LeadingAge members who have successfully led risk-based or accountable care models in residential settings, such as nursing homes and assisted living communities,” Fallon wrote to Rep. Michael C. Burgess, MD (R-TX) on Oct. 15. “Models should test whether an ACO model could work in these...
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