January 27, 2022
Transition to Value
  • The CMS announced that 66 new ACOs joined the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) and 140 existing ACOs renewed their participation for a new agreement period starting January 1, 2022. This brings the total number of ACOs in the MSSP to 483 in 2022, up slightly from 2021 but down from 2018 to 2020 numbers. As of January 1, 2022, 41 percent of ACOs are enrolled in a one-sided risk model. (Press release here; Data here; Article here)