Accountable care organizations (ACOs) in the Medicare Shared Savings Program saved $2.4 billion in 2024, according to data released last week by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

The Medicare Shared Savings Program encourages hospitals and other healthcare providers to form accountable care organizations (ACOs) to deliver coordinated, high quality care to Medicare enrollees ...

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront featured topic Accountable Care for Population Health, featuring analysis and discussion of how to understand, design, support, and measure ...

Shared savings and gainsharing are two ways to align providers’ interests to decrease healthcare costs as the healthcare industry transition from volume to value. Gainsharing is the direct payment by ...

When the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) launched its Medicare Shared Savings Program (“MSSP”) in 2012, CMS leveraged the upside, risk only-design and the opportunity to be a care ...

Medicare’s largest shared savings program is boasting the highest savings for accountable care organizations and the government since it began more than one decade ago. The Medicare Shared Savings ...

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront series, Provider Prices in the Commercial Sector, featuring analysis and discussion of physician, hospital, and other health care provider ...