NAACOS Proposes Changes To CMS' ACO Revamp, Wants At Least 3 Years Before ACOs Take On Risk

The National Association of Accountable Care Organizations and Institute for Accountable Care say CMS should back away from cuts to the shared savings rate for ACOs in its new model, give providers at least three years and as many as five before they need to take on risk and allow beneficiary risk scores to change by up to 5 percent during ACO contracts. In a Health Affairs blog, the organizations say there are some positive aspects of the new...