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Why ACOs Need A New Playbook

April 14, 2021Theresa HushNo CommentsRoji Health IntelligenceNext Generation ACOs,Medicare ACOs/MSSP,ACO Growth and Expansion,Direct Contracting (DCEs),Covid-19 / CoronavirusRoji Health Intelligence

A lot has happened in health care since 2012, when final rules permitted provider-organized ACOs to be the driving force of Value-Based Care under the 2010 Affordable Care Act (ACA). As we pass the ACA’s eleventh anniversary, a dwindling number of Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) ACOs are entering a new phase marked by higher expectations and more difficult economics.

To succeed in this challenging environment, ACOs will need different tools going forward than first contemplated, because of competition, both from providers under new value-based payment models and from Medicare Advantage plans. They also face more skepticism. Although rule changes now require ACOs to adopt downside risk, too many decision makers still distrust savings calculations for ACOs. The Medicare Payment Assessment Commission (MedPAC) that once promoted ACOs became more uncertain of savings potential from the MSSP formulas. In short, both MSSP and Next Generation model ACOs will confront challenges as to whether the models can do what they—and the stakeholders in Value-Based Care—had hoped.

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: ACA, CMS, COVID-19, direct contracting, Medicare Advantage, MedPAC, MSSPs, Next Generation ACOs, Primary Care First, vbc

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