Home Health Care News November 7, 2023
The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has stated its objective to enroll all of its Medicare beneficiaries in accountable care relationships by 2030.
Currently, roughly 13.2 million Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries are assigned to an ACO.
With this in mind, there has been more activity and investment around accountable care organizations (ACOs), including for at-home care providers, which are strategically collaborating with these organizations.
The Walgreens Boots Alliance-backed VillageMD — a Chicago-based primary care services organization that has an at-home care arm — is one provider that is working heavily in the ACO space. The company is a participant in the ACO REACH Model, for example.
Andrea Osborne, senior vice president of ACO operations and delegated services at...