Becker's Healthcare August 15, 2023
Rylee Wilson

CMS will make several tweaks to the ACO REACH model in 2024, designed to make payments from the model more predictable for participants and adjust equity benchmarks.

The agency explained the updates to the model for 2024 in a reference guide published Aug. 14.

The ACO Realizing Equity, Access, and Community Health model is a shared-savings model designed by CMS to improve care and reduce costs in traditional Medicare. The model began on Jan. 1, and runs through the end of 2026.

Here are five things to know about the changes coming to the model for 2024:

  1. For payment year 2025, CMS will reduce the minimum number of beneficiaries aligned with each ACO from 5,000...

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Topics: ACO (Accountable Care), CMS, Govt Agencies, Insurance, Medicare, Payment Models, Provider, Value Based
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