Attributed to Emily Brower, CEO, National Association of ACOs

APRIL 11, 2025 – “The National Association of ACOs (NAACOS) commends Senators Barrasso and Whitehouse for introducing the Preserving Patient Access to Accountable Care Act. This important legislation would extend Medicare’s advanced Alternative Payment Model (APM) incentive for one year at 3.53 percent and restore qualifying thresholds to their previous levels.

Accountable care improves health for patients and communities.  The advanced APM incentives enable clinicians to expand access to services not typically covered by Medicare and innovate high-quality care delivery that improves clinical outcomes and reduces costs.  Importantly, and by design, the incentives also relieve providers from burdensome, low-value regulation.

We encourage Congress to quickly to extend these incentives and begin shaping a sustainable, long-term strategy for physician payment reform that accelerates accountable care.”

About NAACOS. The National Association of ACOs (NAACOS) is a member-led and member-owned nonprofit of more than 500 ACOs and value-based care entities in Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial insurance working on behalf of physicians, health systems, and other providers across the nation to improve quality of care for patients and reduce health care cost. NAACOS represents more than 9.5 million beneficiary lives through Medicare’s population health-focused payment and delivery models.