Health Affairs October 20, 2020
On September 14, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released performance results for the seventh performance year (2019) of the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP). Overall, 541 different accountable care organizations (ACOs) participated, and, consistent with our findings in prior years, ACOs continued to show year-over-year improved financial performance, generating $1.2 billion in net savings in performance year 2019 relative to CMS’s benchmarks. Actual savings may even be larger since comparing an ACO against its program benchmarks may substantially underestimate true savings.
Notably, 2019 was the first year CMS enacted “Pathways to Success,” the most significant redesign of the program to date. Pathways to Success policies accelerate the time frame for ACOs to transition to “downside risk” and...
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