Medicare Accountable Care Organizations provide improved care while slowing cost growth in 2014
Physician Practice Insider, September 8, 2015
On August 25, CMS posted a fact sheet regarding 2014 quality and financial performance results showing that Medicare Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) continue to improve the quality of care for Medicare beneficiaries, while generating financial savings. As the number of Medicare beneficiaries served by ACOs continues to grow, these results suggest that ACOs are delivering higher quality care to more Medicare beneficiaries each year.
View the fact sheet.
View the press release.
This article originally appeared in Medicare Insider.
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