HealthLeaders Media October 17, 2018
John Commins

CMS encouraged to toss out proposals in the rule that ‘would likely result in significant decrease in MSSP participation.’

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CMS asked to make no ‘artitrary’ distinctions between high- and low-revenue ACOs.

ACOs need at least three years in upside-only risk, rather than the two years CMS calls for in its proposed rule.

Key stakeholders in the Medicare Share Savings Program warn that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services efforts to improve the program may actually dampen participation.

In a letter this week to CMS Administrator Seema Verma, AHA Executive Vice President Thomas P. Nickels said the hospital lobby “appreciates certain steps CMS is taking to improve the stability and flexibility...

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