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A federal review of 20 top-performing Medicare Shared Savings Program accountable care organizations (ACO) identified seven broad strategies for success.
The Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General, relying on interviews and self-reporting from ACO officials, asked them to identify successful strategies they used to lower Medicare spending and improve care quality.
The report comes amid projections that Medicare spending will exceed $1.5 trillion by 2028, which is more than double the $708 billion in spending in 2017. The Shared Savings Program is one of the largest alternative payment models, accounting for $168 billion in Medicare expenditures over its first three years, 2013-2015.