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8 Things to Know About the Medicare Shared Savings Program ACO Final Rule
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 10/27/2011 - 11:51
- Quality measurements reduced from 65 to 33
- All ACOs must eventually transition into Track 2 models
- The final rule eliminates barring ACOs with net losses from continued participation in the program
- The requirement that healthcare providers use electronic health records to report quality measures has been eliminated
- Participants can only be part of a single ACO
- Retrospective assignment has been slightly modified
- CMS will use a "step-wise approach" as the basic assignment methodology
- Governance is no longer required to be proportional to ownership
Source: Becker's ASC Review
Source URL: http://www.beckersasc.com/news-analysis/8-things-to-know-abo...
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