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The Pioneer accountable care organization model may have had its share of troubles over the five years of its existence, but the latest data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services shows that the eight remaining participants generated savings in the final year of the program.
CMS last week quietly released (Excel download) the 2016 financial and quality results of the final year of the Pioneer ACO model, a pilot program under the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation that tested the cost savings potential of physicians, hospitals and healthcare providers working together to improve the quality of care for Medicare beneficiaries.