MedPAC June 18, 2018
Chapter summary
Medicare accountable care organizations (ACOs) were created to help moderate the growth in Medicare spending and improve quality of care for beneficiaries by giving providers greater responsibility for costs and quality.
In reviewing current Medicare ACO models, we found that some models—predominantly those at risk for both savings and losses (two-sided risk)—have produced small savings relative to their benchmarks set by CMS, and all have maintained or improved quality. Spending relative to benchmarks is important because it determines which ACOs will receive “shared...
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