Attributed to Clif Gaus, Sc.D., President and CEO of the National Association of ACOs
November 2, 2023 – NAACOS appreciates that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) continues to support the growth of value-based care. This rule finalizes several policies that support clinicians in accountable care organizations (ACOs), including improvements in quality reporting, more fair benchmarking policies, a smooth transition to a new risk adjustment model, keeping advanced payments for new ACOs who transition to risk, helping ACOs who serve high-cost beneficiaries and others. Despite the positive changes, we are disappointed that several favorable policies only apply to new or renewing ACOs in 2024, leaving out existing ACOs.
NAACOS thanks CMS for its continued leadership to create stronger pathways for clinicians and health systems who want to provide higher quality, more cost effective, coordinated care for patients.
About NAACOS. The National Association of ACOs (NAACOS) represents more than 8 million beneficiary lives through Medicare’s population health-focused payment and delivery models. NAACOS is a member-led and member-owned nonprofit of more than 400 ACOs in Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial insurance working on behalf of health systems and physician provider organizations across the nation to improve quality of care for patients and reduce health care cost.
