Mercy September 27, 2023
Mercy Health today announced that Mercy Health Select, its accountable care organization (ACO), created $51.1 million in savings for its Medicare population in 2022, representing an overall reduction in health care spend to taxpayers.
The Mercy Health Select ACO provides high-quality care while reducing costs for its 59,578 beneficiaries in Ohio and Kentucky through a collaboration of hospitals and providers.
Mercy Health Select was accepted to participate in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP), a multifaceted program sponsored by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in 2011 and has remained in the program since, moving to a downside risk track in 2016. It currently participates in the Enhanced track of the MSSP, which is the highest level of...