CMS delay on 2019 MSSP applications leaves ACOs in limbo

Dive Brief:

• A nonprofit industry consortium is urging CMS to begin soliciting 2019 applications from accountable care organizations for the Medicare Shared Savings Program, saying further delays could hurt progress in the move to value-based care.
• In a letter to CMS administrator Seema Verma, The Healthcare Transformation Task Force said the fact that no solicitation has been issued this year puts the program well behind the past four years when ACO applications for the following year were due by July 31.
• The group suggests the holdup may be tied to a proposed rule on MSSP ACOs, which has been pending at the Office of Management and Budget since early May. If that’s the case, CMS should move ahead...

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