CMS Announcement: Relaxation of Mandatory Stop-Loss for At-Risk and NextGen ACOs
Beginning in 2019, CMS will allow At-Risk ACOs, including Track 1+ and NextGen ACOs, to buy Stop-Loss independent from CMS’ own mandatory Stop-Loss. So what does this mean to your At-Risk ACO and your bottom-line and profits? This new CMS policy allows ACOs to buy stop-loss protection apart from CMS and its truncated (built in…