House Lawmakers To CMS: Let ACOs Continue Participating Without Taking On Risk

By Michelle M. Stein / April 16, 2018 at 3:48 PM
A bipartisan group of House lawmakers is asking CMS to allow Accountable Care Organizations that are not taking on risk to continue on that track for another three years. The request drew praise from the National Association of ACOs, which says many ACOs are not ready to accept risk and would leave the program if forced to do so. CMS initially said organizations could stay in Track 1 of the program, under which they share some savings with CMS but...

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