MedPage Today August 28, 2023
— Specialty practices say the current models often don’t work for them
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) continues to face a string of challenges in trying to attract more fee-for-service medical practices to Medicare’s accountable care organizations (ACOs) and other value-based purchasing arrangements.
“Value-based purchasing programs link provider payments to improved performance by healthcare providers. This form of payment holds healthcare providers accountable for both the cost and quality of care they provide,” CMS said last week in a press release touting the success of its most popular ACO, the Medicare Shared Savings Program. ACOs are groups of doctors, hospitals, and other healthcare providers who come together voluntarily to give coordinated care to Medicare patients, and CMS...
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