Healthcare Informatics August 25, 2016
In Aug. 25 announcement, CMS points to the $466 million saved in two federal ACO programs last year, but the data also reveals that 48 percent of Medicare ACOs produced no savings at all, while 69 percent didn’t save enough to qualify for bonuses in 2015
Although more than 400 Medicare accountable care organizations (ACOs) generated more than $466 million in total program savings in 2015, nearly seven in 10 of those ACO organizations did not generate enough savings to receive bonuses, according to an Aug. 25 announcement from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
According to the just-released CMS data, 125 of the 404 total federal ACOs qualified for shared savings payments by meeting quality performance...