Premier’s Blair Childs on the Need for CMS to Adjust Its ACO Payment Methodology

Leading healthcare associations are calling on the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to rework core benchmark elements in the agency’s methodology for paying accountable care organizations (ACOs) participating in its Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP).

In that regard, on October 22, the Charlotte-based Premier Inc. released a statement supporting the Rural ACO Improvement Act, Senate bill 2648, whose Section 2 addresses the issue.

In that statement, Blair Childs, Premier’s senior vice president of public affairs, said, “The Premier healthcare...