Under the Medicare Shared Savings Program (“MSSP”) ACO Final Rule, CMS finalized new regulations that will change ACO eligibility requirements. The final rule will include new requirements for ...

Completing the Medicare Shared Savings Program application can be an arduous, time-consuming task. CMS offers a toolkit to guide application completion and hosts conference calls for applicants to ...

Morristown, N.J.-based Atlantic Health System has submitted its accountable care organization application to CMS, hoping to make its commercial ACO model work for the federal program, according to an ...

The concept of an “accountable care organization,” or “ACO,” is not new but was given legal significance by the 2010 health reform legislation (the Act). The Act provides that effective January 1, ...