CMS Pre-Pays Bonuses To Wire Up ACOs In Rural, Underserved Areas

By John Wilkerson / October 15, 2014 at 6:17 PM
CMS has decided to loan money to ACOs in rural and underserved areas in response to complaints that some accountable care organizations can’t afford the information technology systems or the changes to their practices that are needed to perform well enough to receive bonuses. The initiative , unveiled Wednesday (Oct. 15), makes $114 million available to as many as 75 ACOs. CMS will recover those payments by paying less in shared-savings bonuses to ACOs that take out the loans, an...

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