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Fourteen healthcare industry groups, including the American Hospital Association (AHA) and the American Medical Association (AMA), recently backed the campion to Senate legislation that would alter accountable care organization (ACO) benchmarking in Medicare’s largest ACO program.
The Accountable Care in Rural America Act (H.R. 5212) would change title XVII of the Social Security Act to ensure all ACOs in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) have an equal opportunity to earn shared savings regardless of where the organizations are located.