Medicare Accountable Care Organizations: Past Performance and Future Directions
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Description
Summarizes research findings about Medicare accountable care organizations (ACOs) from recent peer-reviewed journals, official evaluations of Medicare ACOs, and research organization reports. Describes characteristics of certain ACOs associated with greater savings and factors that limit ACOs' ability to achieve net budgetary savings for the Medicare program. Identifies policy approaches that could increase savings for Medicare through ACOs and the Medicare Shared Savings Program. Includes a brief discussion of challenges facing ACOs in rural and underserved areas.
Date
04/2024
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Document
Organization
Congressional Budget Office
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Accountable Care Organizations · Healthcare business and finance · Medicare · Policy · Reimbursement and payment models