Fierce Health Payers October 22, 2021
Robert King

The Next Generation accountable care organization model, which is being shuttered after this year, saved Medicare $637 million in 2020, new data find.

The data, released Thursday by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), come as ACO advocates want the agency to give organizations more options to take on financial risk. CMS has shuttered the program in favor of the Direct Contracting model.

“Many Next Gen ACOs aren’t moving into Direct Contracting and have expressed a desire to have an ACO option that allows them to more gradually move toward capitation without feeling like they are taking a step backward in their transition to value-based care payment models,” said Clif Gaus, president and CEO of the National Association...

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