Modern Healthcare April 19, 2019
Maria Castellucci

There are 41 accountable care organizations in the CMS’ Next Generation ACO Model for 2019, which represents a substantial decline from 2018 when 51 organizations were in the model.

Data updated on CMS’ site this week shows that 12 ACOs that participated in 2018 have either left or were booted from the program for the 2019 performance year. The latest exodus of participants comes after the model lostseven ACOs in March 2018, bringing the total number of participants in 2018 down from an initial 58 to 51.

The drops in participation are in stark contrast from the upward trend the program experienced from 2017 to 2018. In 2017, there were 44 ACOs in the model and 14 joined for the...

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