CMS: ACOs in Shared Savings Program Saved Medicare $2.4B in 2024
Out of the 476 ACOs that participated in the Medicare Shared Savings Program in 2024, 75% earned $4.1 billion in performance payments, CMS reported.
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CMS: Medicare Shared Savings Program Saved Medicare $1.8B in 2022
For the sixth year in a row, the Medicare Shared Savings Program created overall savings, CMS announced. When compared to clinician groups of a similar size not participating in the program, participating ACOs performed better on quality measures, including measures for diabetes, breast cancer and colorectal cancer screenings, tobacco screenings and depression screenings.
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Aledade says its VBC network has saved practices $1.2B over 8 years
Aledade said that its value-based care network has helped save the U.S. healthcare system save more than $1.2 billion over the past eight years. A primary care physician at an accountable care organization that works with Aledade testified that being a part of the network has yielded significant shared savings that have led to better care outcomes, such as lower re-hospitalization rates.
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Medicare Shared Savings Program saved more than $1.6B in 2021, CMS says
This is the fifth consecutive year the program has achieved savings by working with Accountable Care Organizations. Participating ACOs also had better quality measures for physical and mental health conditions than those not in the program.
ACOs saved Medicare $466M in 2015, but nearly half produced no savings
Still, 190 of participating Medicare ACOs — 49 percent — did not generate any savings in 2015, CMS said.
Apps help emergency rooms offer shared decision-making
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Mostashari’s Aledade to form new ACOs in 7 states
Aledade, a Bethesda, Md.-based startup that supports physician-led Accountable Care Organizations, has formally applied to establish new ACOs in seven states beginning in 2016.
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