Accountable-care organizations call for delay in new reporting requirements
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The nation s accountable care organizations sent a letter last week to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, urging the agency to delay certain changes to quality reporting requirements for value-based payments. Backed by large, national medical groups, the letter warned that rushed implementation of these changes could deter new organizations from joining the shared-savings program or even cause organizations to leave it.
Accountable care organizations are groups of hospitals, physicians and health centers that work to improve health outcomes while reducing cost. Organizations that achieve savings are entitled to share them with CMS, and those that incur losses have to chip in.