Many eligible healthcare organizations are still determining if they plan to enter the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS’s) Pathways To Success Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) for Jan. 1, 2020. As previously noted, the Notice Of Intent to Apply (NOIA) can be submitted between June 1 and June 28, 2019, with the final application due between July 1 and July 29, 2019.
In part 1 of this article, we discussed key questions that need to be addressed if you are thinking about joining the program, and we listed 7 specific strategies ACO leaders can take to significantly improve their probability of success in the new program. In part 2, we take a closer look at forecasting your potential outcomes, and we discuss tactics to support the 7 winning strategies.