KEY STAKEHOLDERS CONTINUE TO EXPRESS ACO CONCERNS

As the comment period for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS’) proposed rule to create Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) draws to a close, major stakeholders continue to express serious concerns and doubts with the proposal as currently written.

Last week, the American Hospital Association (AHA) submitted a 24-page comment letter to the agency, found here, stating that interest in the ACO concept had “dwindled dramatically” since the release of the proposed rule, that many of its members are disappointed, and that substantial changes are necessary in order to make the ACO program “operationally viable and attractive to potential participants.”

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