Accountable Care
Decreasing the percentage of primary care delivered out-of-network across all ACOs by 0.1% could save Medicare $45 million a year.
The numbers for MSSP participation starting this month are an important measure of ACO willingness to take downside risk.
HIP program compensates physicians for improving the patient experience, safety and outcomes for Humana's commercial members.
Agency also releases results of Next Generation, the ACO that takes on the most risk for Medicare payments.
Many physician practices lack the experience with data management and analysis needed to perform well in alternative payment methods, study says.
UnitedHealth Group's third quarter earnings from operations grew 12.3 percent over last year.
There is still a demand for voice and regular mail as communication methods, but that demand is shrinking.
CMS has made it clear that it wants health systems to share the risk of cost and outcomes.
ACO MSSP generated savings of $1.84 billion from 2013 to 2015, nearly double the $954 million estimated by CMS, according to NAACOS.
Agency evaluation of Next Gen sets stage for ACOs to qualify as Advanced APMs under MACRA and get incentive payments.