Healthcare Innovation August 2, 2023
David Pittman, a leader at NAACOS, writes about the opportunity to create a full-risk option for ACOs participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program
David Pittman is director of communications and regulatory affairs at the Washington, D.C.-based NAACOS, the National Association of ACOs, the leading national association dedicated to advancing the policy interests of accountable care organizations. In this blog, Pittman explains NAACOS’s perspectives on the idea of creating a permanent, full-risk option for ACOs participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program, the largest ACO program sponsored by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), arguing that some version of “Enhanced Plus” would provide a better bridge from MSSP to the ACO REACH program.
Key points:
• ACOs...