by Jordana Choucair | Dec 7, 2021 | Transition to Value
A report from consulting firm Mathematica found that the Independence at Home model hasn’t meaningfully improved primary care at home or curbed program costs. The report contradicts CMS, which has reported savings since the project launched six years ago.... by Jordana Choucair | Dec 2, 2021 | Transition to Value
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation withdrew a program focused on care coordination for seriously ill Medicare patients without primary care doctors. The program, which was intended to be part of the Primary Care First model, was nixed after a review found... by Jordana Choucair | Oct 25, 2021 | Transition to Value
CMS released the fourth evaluation report on The Next Generation Accountable Care Organization (NGACO) model, revealing that the program saved Medicare $637 million in 2020. After factoring in $909 million in shared savings and other payouts to NGACOs, the model was... by Jordana Choucair | Oct 6, 2021 | Transition to Value
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) Director Liz Fowler said the agency is looking to implement more mandatory value-based care payment models, including those focused on total costs. However, CMMI is moving away from having models for every disease,... by Jordana Choucair | Oct 1, 2021 | Transition to Value
CMS Chief Operating Officer Jon Blum said the agency’s innovation center is unlikely to adopt many additional fully risk-based payment models because they tend to “favor those who are better capitalized and can afford risk.” He said CMS wants to... by Jordana Choucair | Aug 26, 2021 | Transition to Value
CMS announced that ACOs participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program in 2020 earned performance bonuses totaling nearly $2.3 billion and saved Medicare $1.9 billion. Sixty-seven percent (or 345) of the 513 ACOs earned shared savings payments in 2020. ACOs...
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