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Shared Savings ACOs get a year off from electronic clinical quality measures

July 26, 2021Garrett SchmittNo CommentsAPP, APP measures, CAHPS, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathways

After their first year of using the Alternative Payment Model (APM) Performance Pathway (APP) reporting method, participants in the Shared Savings program are spared further challenges as CMS delays the full transition to electronic clinical quality measures (eCQM) and MIPS clinical quality measures (MIPS CQM) and scales back some program requirements. Last year, participants in…

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…