Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs): General Information Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) are groups of doctors, hospitals, and other health care providers, who come together voluntarily to give coordinated high quality care to the Medicare patients they serve Coordinated care helps ensure that patients, especially the chronically ill, get the right care at the right time, with the goal of avoiding unnecessary duplication of services and
CMS Moves Closer to Accountable Care Goals with 2025 ACO Initiatives CMS has made substantial progress on its goal for all people with Traditional Medicare to be in a care relationship with accountability for quality and total cost of care by 2030 As of January 2025, 53 4% of people with Traditional (fee-for-service) Medicare are in an accountable care relationship with a provider This represents more than 14 8 million people and marks a 4 3 percentage point
Program Guidance Specifications | CMS - Centers for Medicare . . . Find guidance and specifications pertaining to Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) applying to and or participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (Shared Savings Program) Program Participation Program Participation Information Provider Participation
ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATIONS: WHAT PROVIDERS NEED TO KNOW Overview On Oct 20, 2011, the Centers for Medicare Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), finalized new rules under the Affordable Care Act to help doctors, hospitals, and other health care providers better coordinate care for Medicare patients through Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs)
Application Types Timeline | CMS Available actions: Review Application Cycle Subtab in ACO-MS; Update Banking Information; Submit final RM documentation* Final opportunity to: Upload executed agreements and merger acquisition documentation and change the merged acquired indicator on pending change requests
Application Toolkit - CMS The Managing Program Participation Guidance is the primary resource for ACOs currently participating in the Shared Savings Program This document guides current ACOs in managing and maintaining program participation within their current agreement period