ACOs entering MSSP with higher spending were consistently more likely to earn bonuses—a gap that persisted after a 2017 ...

Becoming a successful Medicare Shared Savings Program accountable care organization is no simple feat. Preparing for the application process can take months, even years, of work. Then, the ...

The American Hospital Association has submitted comments to CMS suggesting changes to be made to the Pioneer Accountable Care Organization Model and the Medicare Shared Savings Program. In the letter, ...

Is Medicare's accountable care program so challenging and unsustainable that participating health systems need an exit strategy? According to the latest federal data, last year about 64 of the 243 ...

When he was leaving his post as the head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Donald M. Berwick, MD, famously said that 20 percent to 30 percent of healthcare spending is waste that ...

"The exceptional performance of our ACO clients in the 2024 Medicare Shared Savings Program — achieving $658 million in shared savings and outperforming national benchmarks across key measures — ...

A majority of counties experienced growth in penetration of Medicare value-based approaches: Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) accountable care organizations (ACOs) and Medicare Advantage (MA).

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Honest Health, a leader in primary care transformation, announced today that its Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) participating in the ACO REACH ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Dec. 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Vivant Health announced today that its Accountable Care Organization (Vivant Health ACO) has achieved more than ten million dollars in total shared ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., and Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., on Thursday introduced bipartisan legislation to expand access to quality-driven health care. If passed into law, ...

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront featured topic, Accountable Care for Population Health, featuring analysis and discussion of how to understand, design, support, and measure ...