Healthcare Finance News January 14, 2021
Susan Morse

The National Association of ACOs is urging CMS to make program permanent.

All but two of 39 accountable care organizations reporting outcomes in the Next Generation ACO model earned shared savings rather than owed money, a figure the National Association of ACOs touts as a success for value-based, capitated payments.

Next Generation is Medicare’s model of greatest risk. NAACOS wants to see the four-year model made permanent.

Collectively, Next Gen ACOs saved Medicare $559 million last year, according to partial 2019 performance data made available by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

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