ACOs entering MSSP with higher spending were consistently more likely to earn bonuses—a gap that persisted after a 2017 ...

Accountable care organizations (ACOs) in the Medicare Shared Savings Program saved $2.4 billion in 2024, according to data released last week by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

The Medicare Shared Savings Program encourages hospitals and other healthcare providers to form accountable care organizations (ACOs) to deliver coordinated, high quality care to Medicare enrollees ...

Medicare’s largest shared savings program is boasting the highest savings for accountable care organizations and the government since it began more than one decade ago. The Medicare Shared Savings ...

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront featured topic Accountable Care for Population Health, featuring analysis and discussion of how to understand, design, support, and measure ...

When the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) launched its Medicare Shared Savings Program (“MSSP”) in 2012, CMS leveraged the upside, risk only-design and the opportunity to be a care ...

In its Final Rule for the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, CMS announced changes to the Medicare Shared Savings Program (the Program) targeted at incentivizing providers to both enroll and stay ...

Accountable care organizations in Medicare's Shared Savings program will now be held to regional spending benchmarks and not national ones, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said Monday, ...