Modern Healthcare July 17, 2019
Just 66 accountable care organizations joined the Medicare Shared Savings Program for the July 1 start date, which is less than half the number of new ACOs that joined in 2018.
There are now 518 ACOs in the Medicare Shared Savings Program compared to 561 last year. Of those ACOs, 41 are entirely new to the program and 25 are re-entering after a time of not participating.
Previous years saw much higher enrollment figures, according to the National Association of Accountable Care Organizations. In 2018, 124 new ACOs joined the program and in 2017, 99 new ACOs entered it.
In a blog post published Wednesday in Health Affairs, CMS Administrator Seema Verma announced the...
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