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LAS VEGAS – The Medicare Shared Savings Program has been one of the most successful programs established by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to improve quality and save costs.
The voluntary program was established through the Affordable Care Act 14 years ago as an alternative payment model that is the essence of value-based care. Physicians, hospitals and providers form Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs).
There are currently 476 ACOs in MSSP, according to speakers at the Payer Forum “Embedding Clinical Intelligence to Transform Medicare Shared Savings Program outcomes at Scale,” held here March 10 at the 2026 HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition.
The financial impact to his system’s ACO has been $15 million in additional MSSP shared savings in 2024, according to Andrew Albano, vice president Atlantic Health and president of the Atlantic ACO.
There’s been $1 million in additional quality-based incentives. ROI was positive within the first full performance year, Albano said.
The success was possible through a pairing with tech partner Innovaccer, a company that uses AI to unify fragmented patient data across systems.