Modern Healthcare August 7, 2020
Maria Castellucci

CMS is proposing to change quality reporting standards in the Medicare Shared Savings Program and accountable care organizations are pushing back.

In the 2021 proposed physician fee schedule rule released Aug. 3, CMS proposed three main changes related to quality: a new mechanism for ACOs to report quality measures, a reduction in the Medicare Shared Savings Program’s required measures and higher quality performance standards for ACO bonuses. ACOs took issue with these proposals, raising concerns that it’s too much change during a time where there is already heightened stress and uncertainty from the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Given the magnitude of what they (CMS) are looking to do in terms of quality, it’s really too much,” said Allison Brennan, senior vice president...

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