CMS plans to retire eight measures that “have not kept up with clinical best practice, are redundant with other measures that make up the quality reporting standard, or that could be replaced by ...

Accountable care organizations (ACOs) face unique burdens to comply with CMS’s new quality reporting requirements as summarized in this 2021 MedCity News article. Challenges are particularly acute for ...

CMS recently released data on five of the 33 quality measures tracked by 141 accountable care organizations in 2012, revealing that ACOs had varying success controlling patients’ diabetes and heart ...

The final Accountable Care Organization regulations are out, the initial flurry of commentary is out (including my own ACO webinar with simultaneous #ACOchat tweetchat - available for replay; slides ...

As accountable care organizations’ (ACOs) maturity increased, hospitals participating in CMS ACOs were making progress toward enhanced performance but required more time to improve cost and quality ...

Providers also complain that the delayed release of the final rule cuts into the time ACOs and other APMs would have to implement the changes. Citing concerns about mandating sweeping new reporting ...

Federal health, trade and anti-trust agencies on Thursday released their long-awaited set of final rules governing accountable care organizations, with major concessions to the original plan that had ...

The Medicare Shared Savings Program saved over $2.1 billion in 2023, enhancing care quality through ACOs. ACOs showed significant improvements in quality measures, including diabetes control, cancer ...

LOWELL, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Persivia, a provider of real-time quality and care management solutions, announced today that Prime Healthcare ACO has successfully reported on all their quality ...

JUPITER, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ilumed improved care for over 24,000 Medicare beneficiaries in Florida, Texas, New Jersey, and Kentucky while reducing costs, achieving a 100% quality score, and ...