CMS redesigns ACO model to focus on health equity, improved care for people covered by traditional Medicare

Medical Economics February 25, 2022
Jeffrey Bendix, Senior Editor

Agency also cancels Geographic Direct Contracting model.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is revamping one of its accountable care organization (ACO) models to better promote health equity and reduce health care disparities among traditionally underserved communities., the agency says.In a February 24 news release, CMS said its Global and Professional Direct Contracting model will become the ACO Realizing Equity, Access, and Community Health (REACH) model. The redesigned model “addresses stakeholder feedback, participating experience, and administration priorities, including CMS’s commitment to advancing health equity,” the release states.

The agency also said it is canceling the Geographic Direct Contracting model, effective immediately, in response to what it calls “stakeholder concerns.” The cancellation is effective immediately.

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