ACO Final Rule

ACO Final Rule Addresses Perceived Barriers To Participation
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services today released the long-awaited final rule on the Medicare Shared Savings Prorgram, which sets standards for the creation of accountable care organizations. ACOs are designed to encourage physicians, hospitals, and other providers to coordinate with each other and provide better quality care more efficiently.

Value-Based Payment, Accountable Care, And The ACO Final Rule: Are We Making Progress?
With the Final Rule, CMS again has made a significant contribution to the national dialogue on accountable care and the important role ACOs can have in helping to achieve the Triple Aim. Moreover, while all stakeholders may not agree with every revision made in the Final Rule, CMS clearly has responded carefully and thoughtfully to the over 1,300 comments received by stakeholders on the Proposed Rule. At the very least, this represents a healthy public-private dialogue on an important topic, which is how rulemaking is supposed to work.