Medicare Shared Savings Program; Accountable Care Organizations Revised Benchmark Rebasing Methodology, Facilitating Transition to Performance Based Risk, and Administrative Finality of Financial Calculations CMS-1644-P

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Abstract

Under the Medicare Shared Savings Program (Shared Savings Program), providers of services and suppliers that participate in an Accountable Care Organization (ACO) continue to receive traditional Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) payments under Parts A and B, but the ACO may be eligible to receive a shared savings payment if it meets specified quality and savings requirements. This final rule addresses changes to the Shared Savings Program, including: Modifications to the program’s benchmarking methodology, when resetting (rebasing) the ACO’s benchmark for a second or subsequent agreement period, to encourage ACOs’ continued investment in care coordination and quality improvement; an alternative participation option to encourage ACOs to enter performancebased risk arrangements earlier in their participation under the program; and policies for reopening of payment determinations to make corrections after financial calculations have been performed and ACO shared savings and shared losses for a performance year have been determined

Commenters (1)

• Advanced Medical Technology Associationtrade assoc.

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