CMS proposes major changes to Shared Savings Program

July 07, 2022

MAYA GOLDMAN 

The Medicare Shared Savings Program could see big changes soon if the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services enacts a set of policies unveiled Thursday.

CMS proposes offering advanced shared savings payments to low-revenue accountable care organizations and allowing more flexibility for ACOs that take on performance-based risk. CMS also aims to adjust ACO benchmarks to fix glitches that make earning shared savings increasingly difficult for organizations over time.

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