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CMS: Medicare ACOs save $1.9B in 2020
Accountable care organizations in the Medicare Shared Savings Program generated $1.9 billion in total net savings to Medicare in 2020, the fourth straight year of savings, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced.
Groups ask Congress to include ACO bill in reconciliation package
AHA and 11 other organizations representing hospitals and physicians urged House and Senate committee leaders to include in the budget reconciliation bill the Value in Health Care Act (H.R. 4587), legislation to strengthen Medicare’s value-based payment models and accountable care organizations.
CMS Releases CY 2022 Proposed Rule for Physician Fee Schedule Payments
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) July 13 issued a proposed rule that would update physician fee schedule (PFS) payments for calendar year (CY) 2022.
AHA-supported bill would fix Medicare ACO benchmarking flaw
A coalition of 13 health care organizations, including the AHA, voiced support for the Accountable Care in Rural America Act, bipartisan legislation that would revise the benchmarking formula for the Medicare Shared Savings Program to ensure participating accountable care organizations have an equal opportunity to share in savings regardless of their geographic location.
AHA, Health Organizations Express Support for the Accountable Care In Rural America Act
AHA, health organizations express support for the Accountable Care in Rural America Act.
HHS urged to reconsider certain quality reporting changes for Medicare ACOs
Eleven organizations representing physicians and hospitals, including the AHA, urged Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra to reconsider certain quality reporting changes to the Medicare Shared Savings Program, which the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services finalized in the 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule.
AHA, others urge HHS to extend Next Generation ACO Model
Fourteen organizations, including the AHA, urged the Department of Health and Human Services to extend the Next Generation Accountable Care Organization model through 2022, and create a permanent full-risk ACO option based on it for the future.
AHA, Others Urge HHS to Extend Next Generation ACO Model
Fourteen organizations, including the AHA, urge the Department of Health and Human Services to extend the Next Generation Accountable Care Organization model through 2022, and create a permanent full-risk ACO option based on it for the future.
Legislative Advisory: The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018
On February 9, Congress passed and President Trump signed into law the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, a massive budget bill containing a number of priorities important to hospitals and health syste
Next Generation ACO model saves Medicare $349M before incentive payments
The Next Generation Accountable Care Organization model reduced gross Medicare spending for calendar years 2016 to 2018 by $349 million (0.9%) without increasing preventable hospitalizations or readmissions, according to findings released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.