Alternative Payment Model Performance Pathway

Medicare ACOs Facing Multiple Changes and Challenges

July 6, 2021Garrett SchmittNo CommentsACOs, Alternative Payment Model Performance Pathway, APMs, CMS, data collection, EHRs, Medicare, Medicare ACOs, Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, MedPAC, MSSP, Nextgen, rural glitch

Doctors in accountable care organizations (ACOs), and those thinking of starting or joining one, have had their hands full keeping up with changes in the way Medicare is administering them. ACOs are groups of doctors, hospitals, and/or other healthcare providers that work together with a goal of providing better care at lower cost. As part…

New Rules for Some Medicare ACOs Are No Good, Say Healthcare Groups

May 12, 2021Garrett SchmittNo CommentsAlternative Payment Model Performance Pathway, alternative payment models, APP measures, CMS, Medicare ACOs, MSSPs

Groups representing doctors, hospitals, and accountable care organizations (ACOs) are pushing back on changes to quality reporting rules for Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) ACOs that were finalized under the Trump administration. “We have significant concerns about the MSSP quality policies finalized at the very end of 2020,” a group of 11 healthcare organizations, including…