Responsible care organizations (ACO) in the Medicare Savings Program saved $ 2.4 billion in 2024, according to the data published last week by the Medicare and Medicaid Service Centers (CMS).
The shared savings program allows suppliers and medical care organizations to form an ACO, which is responsible for the quality, cost and experience of the patient of care for a group of fees beneficiaries for Medicare service.
Of the 476 ACOs that participated in 2024, 75% earned $ 4.1 billion in performance payments, CMS also reported.
Last year he saw the “greater participation of the ACOs that received performance payments and the greatest amount of savings for ACO and Medicaria from the beginning of the shared savings program,” said the agency. The program began in 2012.
In addition, Acados achieved greater savings per capita in 2024 than in 2023: $ 241 versus $ 207 in per capita savings and $ 643 versus $ 515 in gross savings per capita, respectively. Only by capita savings they reflect the amount saved only by Medicare, while the gross savings per capita represented the total savings shared between Aco and Medicare.
However, some ACOs did not achieve savings, with 16 shared losses equivalent to $ 20.3 million.
CMS also reported that ACOs helped improve patients, including blood pressure and A1C hemoglobin levels. Or those who reported quality measures through the CMS web interface, the average percentage of controlled high pressure beneficiaries increased to 79.49% by 2024 of 77.8% in 2023. The medium. 4% of the poor poor in 2024 Control A14 Control Tour in Poor 9.4 in 9.4 in 9.4 in 9.4.4. in 2023.
Moreoover, most ACOs worked better than comparable doctors groups in quality measures. For example, ACOs did much better than similar medical groups in the detection of depression and the creation of monitoring plans: 53.5% compared to 44.4%.
The National Association of ACO applauded the ACOs that they achieved savings to Medicare.
“The results show a measurable success in improving the high quality coordinated care that addresses prevention, chronic diseases and the fundamental causes of the disease,” said Emily Brower, president and executive director of the National Aco Association, in an advance.
“Naacos and its members are excited to associate with CMS to take advantage of the success of the ACOs in manufacturing and keep the elderly healthy people in advance in long -term sustainability of value -based care models,” Brower continued. “Together, we can continually support innovation and the transformation of medical care through the creation of long -term financial stability, developing capitation approaches, reducing the loading of the supplier and making responsible attention available for more older people in Medicare.”
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