Roughly 31 percent of those MSSP ACOs generated shared savings in 2016, according to data CMS released Friday.
In terms of quality, 330 of the 428 ACOs subject to pay-for-performance measures earned an average quality score of 94 percent. Ninety-eight of the ACOs garnered a 100 percent quality score. Overall, the average performance score improved by more than 10 percent across five measures: screening for fall risk, depression screening and follow-up, high blood pressure screening and follow-up, hemoglobin checks for diabetic patients, and diabetes eye exams.
Here are 10 ACOs achieving the highest shared savings in 2016.
1. Palm Beach ACO (Palm Springs, Fla.) — $30,540,508
2. Advocate Physician Partners Accountable Care (Rolling Meadows, Ill.) — $28,924,272
3. Hackensack (N.J.) Alliance ACO — $22,835,022
4. USMM Accountable Care Partners (Troy, Mich.) — $21,195,787
5. AMITA Health ACO (Arlington Heights, Ill.) — $20,489,157
6. Cleveland Clinic Medicare ACO — $19,914,592
7. Millennium ACO (Fort Myers, Fla.) — $18,530,680
8. UT Southwestern Accountable Care Network (Dallas) — $17,464,034
9. Memorial Hermann ACO (Houston) — $14,025,212
10. Orange Accountable Care of South Florida (Miami Lakes, Fla.) — $13,033,788
Editor’s note: This article was updated Oct. 31 at 1:35 p.m. to reflect MSSP ACOs saved Medicare $652 million in 2016, not $836 million. This was the savings across all four Medicare ACOs. We regret this error.
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