Across the board, 2015 was a great year for quality improvement among Pioneer accountable care organizations, but not all participants did as well financially, according to data released Thursday by CMS.
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In the fourth performance year of the Medicare Shared Savings Program — 2015 — accountable care organizations generated net savings of $429 million for Medicare and improved quality performance on several different measures, according to data released Thursday by CMS.
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CMS on Thursday released the 2015 quality and financial results for its Pioneer and Medicare Shared Savings Programs. Despite that less than a third of ACOs earned shared savings payments, the data suggests Medicare ACOs are improving over time in…
Franciscan Alliance (Mishawaka, Ind.). Franciscan Alliance launched an ACO with Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Indiana in July 2014 that covered 60,000 patients. Within its first full year, the ACO generated nearly $22 million in cost savings and…
Essentia Health (Duluth, Minn.). Essentia Health launched a Medicare Shared Savings Program ACO in July 2012, and within a year it became one of the first six ACOs in the nation to earn Level 2 ACO designation from the National…