MedPage Today May 8, 2023
— Agency stands by its full-steam-ahead goals around accountable care
CMS stands by its “bold goal” of moving 100% of Medicare beneficiaries into accountable care by 2030, according to Elizabeth Fowler, PhD, JD, deputy administrator and director for the CMS Innovation Center.
She announced plans in that regard for an advanced primary care model and other models during a speech at the National Association of ACOs (NAACOS) meeting on Friday.
In 2022, CMS acknowledged calls for reform by the House Progressive Caucus, which urged an end to CMS’s ACO REACH Model (formerly known as direct contracting), citing concerns over transparency and third-party middlemen with a profit motive.
Under its redesigned model, CMS required that ACO REACH participants’ governing board comprise...
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