Long-Term Care

Next generation ACO model launched from CMS innovation center

MDS 3.0 Insider, March 20, 2015

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On March 10, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services launched a new Accountable Care Organization (ACO) initiative from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center known as the Next Generation ACO Model. This model builds on the successes of earlier ACO models, such as the Pioneer ACO Model, and further enables innovation by providers to improve care for patients. Made possible by the Affordable Care Act, ACOs encourage quality improvement and care coordination to help improve our health care system. ACOs are a critical part of achieving the Department’s goals of delivery system reform nationally – aimed at better care, smarter spending and healthier people.

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