The “100 Day Action Plan” of President-elect Donald Trump promised to bring broad and sweeping change to the current laws governing the healthcare industry in the US Specifically, Trump’s 100 Day Action Plan called for the full repeal of the
CMS revisits ACO benchmarking
CMS issued a proposed rule on January 28, 2016 that would significantly overhaul benchmark calculations for Medicare Shared Savings Program Accountable Care Organizations (MSSP ACOs), which may increase the long-term attractiveness of the MSSP for high-performing ACOs.
High-performing or new MSSP ACOS: Thoughts on the potential impact of CMS’s new Proposed Rule
As we briefed in early December, CMS published a proposed rule (Proposed Rule), at 79 Fed. Reg. 72760, containing many changes to the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) that, if adopted, will have a significant impact on existing accountable care
Proposed ACO rule would provide more flexibility, incentivize performance-based risk
On December 1, 2014, CMS issued a proposed rule that would make certain changes to the regulations governing the Medicare Shared Savings Program (Shared Savings Program) that were originally promulgated in November 2011. Congress in Section 3022 of the Affordable
MedPAC report addresses issues for Accountable Care Organization program success
On June 16, 2014, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (“MedPAC”) issued a report proposing five changes to legislation or Medicare regulations to improve the Medicare Shared Savings Program. MedPAC proposed, in the near term, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
CMS announces Medicare’s Accountable Care Initiatives save US$380M
On January 30, CMS released interim financial results for its Medicare Accountable Care Organizations (“ACOs”), the Physician Group Practice Demonstration (“PGPD”), and the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (“BPCI”) Initiatives.
Savings from the Medicare ACOs exceeded $380 million. The interim