Medscape September 25, 2020
Ken Terry

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), which recently trumpeted the success of accountable care organizations (ACOs) in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP), is endangering the ability of ACOs to succeed next year by proposing new regulations on how quality is assessed and how quality data is reported, say the National Association of ACOs and leading medical and hospital associations in a September 23 letter to CMS Administrator Seema Verma.

Among the signers of the letter, besides the National Association of ACOs (NAACOS), are the American College of Physicians, the American Medical Association, America’s Essential Hospitals, America’s Physician Groups, AMGA, the Association of American Medical Colleges, the Federation of American Hospitals, the Medical Group Management Association, and Premier...

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Topics: ACO (Accountable Care), CMS, Congress / White House, Govt Agencies, Health System / Hospital, Insurance, Medicare, Payment Models, Physician, Primary care, Provider, Regulations, Value Based
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