CMS announces new Medicare-Medicaid ACO Model

To improve the quality of care and lower costs for beneficiaries, CMS recently launched the Medicare-Medicaid Accountable Care Organization Model.“This model aims to provide improved care coordination for those enrolled in both Medicare and Medicaid, allowing providers to focus more on providing care for their patients rather than administrative work,” Patrick Conway, MD, acting principal deputy administrator of CMS, said in a news release. “CMS continues to partner with and leverage the best ideas from states to transform our health care system to improve quality and care coordination. In the (Read more...)

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