CMS Pushes Back Applications For Rural ACO Loan Demonstration

CMS pushed back its request for Accountable Care Organizations to submit applications to the Community Health Access and Rural Transformation (CHART) Model by a year, until spring 2022, to the disappointment of the ACOs. However, the National Association of ACOs says the delay, while a short-term setback, also provides an opportunity to improve the model so that it can help more providers. “A new innovative CHART 2.0 option for ACOs in the Medicare Shared Savings Program would help foster the...