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The same research also found that 26% of ACOs that reached the end of their three-year agreement opted to not renew it at the end of 2018. [Read More](https://blog.healthmonix.com/acos-leave-mssp-after-pathways-to-success) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.healthmonix.com/acos-leave-mssp-after-pathways-to-success#comments-listing) Topics: [CMS](https://blog.healthmonix.com/topic/cms), [ACO](https://blog.healthmonix.com/topic/aco), [APMs](https://blog.healthmonix.com/topic/apms) ## [New CMS Toolkit: 5 Care Coordination Strategies For ACO Success](https://blog.healthmonix.com/new-cms-toolkit-5-care-coordination-strategies-for-aco-success) Posted by [Christina Zink](https://blog.healthmonix.com/author/christina-zink) on May 2, 2019 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.healthmonix.com/hubfs/Stock%20Images%201200%20x%20628/2019/rawpixel-1187643-unsplash.jpg)](https://blog.healthmonix.com/new-cms-toolkit-5-care-coordination-strategies-for-aco-success) A new CMS toolkit, released through the CMS ACO learning system, shows five innovative care coordination strategies that have helped Medicare ACOs find success through shared savings. [Read More](https://blog.healthmonix.com/new-cms-toolkit-5-care-coordination-strategies-for-aco-success) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.healthmonix.com/new-cms-toolkit-5-care-coordination-strategies-for-aco-success#comments-listing) Topics: [CMS](https://blog.healthmonix.com/topic/cms), [ACO](https://blog.healthmonix.com/topic/aco), [APMs](https://blog.healthmonix.com/topic/apms) ## [CMS To Launch New Payment Models For Value-Based Transformation](https://blog.healthmonix.com/cms-to-launch-new-payment-models-for-value-based-transformation) Posted by [Christina Zink](https://blog.healthmonix.com/author/christina-zink) on April 26, 2019 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.healthmonix.com/hubfs/pablo-1.png)](https://blog.healthmonix.com/cms-to-launch-new-payment-models-for-value-based-transformation) On April 22, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the CMS Primary Cares Initiative, a new set of payment models that are part of HHS Secretary Alex Azar’s value-based transformation initiative. The CMS Primary Cares Initiative will be administered through the CMS Innovation Center. CMS expects the new programs to shift at least one quarter of people in traditional Medicare out of fee-for-service. [Read More](https://blog.healthmonix.com/cms-to-launch-new-payment-models-for-value-based-transformation) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.healthmonix.com/cms-to-launch-new-payment-models-for-value-based-transformation#comments-listing) Topics: [CMS](https://blog.healthmonix.com/topic/cms), [Policy](https://blog.healthmonix.com/topic/policy), [VBC](https://blog.healthmonix.com/topic/vbc) ## [Breaking: CMS Measure Change May Affect ACO Shared Savings](https://blog.healthmonix.com/breaking-cms-measure-change-may-affect-aco-shared-savings) Posted by [Christina Zink](https://blog.healthmonix.com/author/christina-zink) on April 12, 2019 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.healthmonix.com/hubfs/Stock%20Images%201200%20x%20628/2019/martin-brosy-758535-unsplash.jpg)](https://blog.healthmonix.com/breaking-cms-measure-change-may-affect-aco-shared-savings) According to a [recent announcement](https://www.naacos.com/assets/docs/pdf/2019/NAACOSLettertoCMSonACO_QualityMeasure_17-040219.pdf) from the National Association of ACOs (NAACOs), CMS failed to adequately communicate significant changes to measure ACO-17, Preventive Care and Screening, Tobacco Use- Screening and Cessation Intervention, until after 2018 quality reporting had begun. NAACOs believes that CMS’s failure to communicate these changes will result in unintended consequences such as lowered or even eliminated shared savings rates for ACOs that consequently received a lower performance score or failed to meet quality standards. [Read More](https://blog.healthmonix.com/breaking-cms-measure-change-may-affect-aco-shared-savings) 1 Comment [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.healthmonix.com/breaking-cms-measure-change-may-affect-aco-shared-savings#comments-listing) Topics: [CMS](https://blog.healthmonix.com/topic/cms), [ACO](https://blog.healthmonix.com/topic/aco), [Policy](https://blog.healthmonix.com/topic/policy), [APMs](https://blog.healthmonix.com/topic/apms) ## [CMS Announces $1M Artificial Intelligence (AI) Health Outcomes Challenge](https://blog.healthmonix.com/cms-announces-1m-artificial-intelligence-ai-health-outcomes-challenge) Posted by [Christina Zink](https://blog.healthmonix.com/author/christina-zink) on March 28, 2019 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.healthmonix.com/hubfs/Stock%20Images%201200%20x%20628/2019/rawpixel-760103-unsplash.jpg)](https://blog.healthmonix.com/cms-announces-1m-artificial-intelligence-ai-health-outcomes-challenge) The future is here! This Wednesday, the CMS Innovation Center, in collaboration with the American Academy of Physicians and the Laura and John Arnold Foundation, [announced](https://innovation.cms.gov/Files/x/aichallenge-pubnotice.pdf) the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Health Outcomes Challenge to predict unplanned hospital and skilled nursing facility admissions and adverse events. [Read More](https://blog.healthmonix.com/cms-announces-1m-artificial-intelligence-ai-health-outcomes-challenge) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.healthmonix.com/cms-announces-1m-artificial-intelligence-ai-health-outcomes-challenge#comments-listing) Topics: [CMS](https://blog.healthmonix.com/topic/cms), [Health IT](https://blog.healthmonix.com/topic/health-it), [VBC](https://blog.healthmonix.com/topic/vbc) ## [Dr. Anand Shah - The New CMS Senior Medical Advisor for Innovation](https://blog.healthmonix.com/new-cms-senior-medical-advisor-for-innovation-dr-anand-shah) Posted by [Christina Zink](https://blog.healthmonix.com/author/christina-zink) on January 31, 2019 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.healthmonix.com/hubfs/Stock%20Images%201200%20x%20628/2019/hands-information-magazine-6053.jpg)](https://blog.healthmonix.com/new-cms-senior-medical-advisor-for-innovation-dr-anand-shah) In a [recent announcement](https://www.policymed.com/2019/01/cms-names-new-senior-medical-advisor-for-innovation.html), CMS Administrator Seema Verma named Dr. Anand Shah, a radiation oncologist at the National Cancer Institute, as the new Senior Medical Advisor for Innovation at CMS. [Read More](https://blog.healthmonix.com/new-cms-senior-medical-advisor-for-innovation-dr-anand-shah) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.healthmonix.com/new-cms-senior-medical-advisor-for-innovation-dr-anand-shah#comments-listing) Topics: [CMS](https://blog.healthmonix.com/topic/cms) ## [CMS Backs Renewed Bundled Payment Efforts](https://blog.healthmonix.com/cms-backs-renewed-bundled-payment-efforts) Posted by [Christina Zink](https://blog.healthmonix.com/author/christina-zink) on November 19, 2018 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.healthmonix.com/hubfs/Stock%20Images%201200%20x%20628/surgery.jpg)](https://blog.healthmonix.com/cms-backs-renewed-bundled-payment-efforts) Bundled payments are on the rise. Last Thursday, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar [announced](https://www.hhs.gov/about/leadership/secretary/speeches/2018-speeches/remarks-on-primary-care-and-value-based-transformation.html) in a keynote speech at the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative Conference that CMS will be revisiting mandatory bundled payment models, changing the way bundled payment programs have been treated by this administration under his predecessor, Tom Price. [Read More](https://blog.healthmonix.com/cms-backs-renewed-bundled-payment-efforts) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.healthmonix.com/cms-backs-renewed-bundled-payment-efforts#comments-listing) Topics: [Bundled Payments](https://blog.healthmonix.com/topic/bundled-payments), [CMS](https://blog.healthmonix.com/topic/cms), [Policy](https://blog.healthmonix.com/topic/policy) ## [CMS Admits to MIPS Scoring Errors, Extends Deadline](https://blog.healthmonix.com/cms-admits-to-mips-scoring-errors-extends-deadline) Posted by [Christina Zink](https://blog.healthmonix.com/author/christina-zink) on September 26, 2018 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.healthmonix.com/hubfs/Stock%20Images%201200%20x%20628/Fresh/cmsbadmath.jpg)](https://blog.healthmonix.com/cms-admits-to-mips-scoring-errors-extends-deadline) In a [recent update](https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Quality-Payment-Program/Resource-Library/2017-MIPS-Performance-Feedback-Statement.pdf) on 2017 MIPS Performance Feedback, CMS announced that they have identified errors in their scoring logic. CMS wrote that their targeted review process “worked exactly as intended, as the incoming requests quickly alerted us to these issues and allowed us to take immediate action.” [Read More](https://blog.healthmonix.com/cms-admits-to-mips-scoring-errors-extends-deadline) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.healthmonix.com/cms-admits-to-mips-scoring-errors-extends-deadline#comments-listing) Topics: [MACRA & MIPS](https://blog.healthmonix.com/topic/macra-mips), [CMS](https://blog.healthmonix.com/topic/cms) ## [Analysis Shows MSSP ACOs Saved Twice As Much As CMS Reported](https://blog.healthmonix.com/analysis-shows-mssp-acos-saved-twice-as-much-as-cms-reported) Posted by [Christina Zink](https://blog.healthmonix.com/author/christina-zink) on September 13, 2018 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.healthmonix.com/hubfs/Stock%20Images%201200%20x%20628/calculate.jpg)](https://blog.healthmonix.com/analysis-shows-mssp-acos-saved-twice-as-much-as-cms-reported) CMS estimates that between the 2013 and 2015 performance years, accountable care organizations (ACOs) in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) saved $954 million. But according to a new analysis from Dobson DaVanzo & Associates, commissioned by the National Association of ACOs (NAACOS), they actually saved $1.84 billion—almost twice as much. The analysis also found that MSSP delivered net savings of $541.7 million for 2013-2015 after accounting for shared savings bonuses; this is in contrast to the CMS benchmark calculation, which found that the organizations increased Medicare spending by $344.2 million. [Read More](https://blog.healthmonix.com/analysis-shows-mssp-acos-saved-twice-as-much-as-cms-reported) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.healthmonix.com/analysis-shows-mssp-acos-saved-twice-as-much-as-cms-reported#comments-listing) Topics: [CMS](https://blog.healthmonix.com/topic/cms), [ACO](https://blog.healthmonix.com/topic/aco), [APMs](https://blog.healthmonix.com/topic/apms) ## [CMS Proposes New Changes to ACOs Under MSSP](https://blog.healthmonix.com/cms-proposes-new-changes-to-acos-under-mssp) Posted by [Christina Zink](https://blog.healthmonix.com/author/christina-zink) on August 17, 2018 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.healthmonix.com/hubfs/Stock%20Images%201200%20x%20628/hospitalchecklist2.jpg)](https://blog.healthmonix.com/cms-proposes-new-changes-to-acos-under-mssp) In a new proposal titled “[Pathways to Success](https://s3.amazonaws.com/public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2018-17101.pdf),” the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has laid out a modified set of participation options for ACOs (accountable care organizations) in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP). The proposed participation options would no longer include an “upside-only” risk model; instead, ACOs would be required to select one of two tracks, both of which ultimately include some downside risk. 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