Medicare ACOs no longer mythical creatures
Mulvany, C.
Healthcare Financial Management Journal of the Healthcare Financial Management Association 65(6): 96-104
2011
ISSN/ISBN: 0735-0732 PMID: 21692381 Document Number: 650149
The proposed rule regarding accountable care organizations (ACOs), issued March 31 by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), included not only what was expected, but also a fair measure of what was not expected. Under CMS's proposal, ACOs would need to report on 65 different quality metrics to participate in the Medicare pilot program. ACOs would be eligible to share savings with CMS based on their overall quality scores and financial outcomes, and they would assume risk on one of two tracks.