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Health Choice Care, LLC Earns High Quality Marks, Reduces Cost of Care for Medicare Patients Health Choice Care, LLC improved care for more than 12,000 Medicare beneficiaries in Florida, Hawaii, Missouri, North Carolina, and Rhode Island, and saved Medicare $11,030,564 by meeting quality and cost goals in 2020, according to recently released performance data from the federal agency that administers Medicare. > Read the Full Press Release Medicare Shared Savings Program Continues to Grow and Deliver High-Quality, Person-Centered Care Through Accountable Care Organizations Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released data showing that Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) are serving a growing patient population, according to CMS’ annual summary of the Medicare Shared Savings Program, which is Medicare’s national ACO program. CMS projects that over 11 million people with Medicare will be served by Shared Savings Program ACOs in 2022. > Read the Full Press Release Affordable Care Act’s Shared Savings Program Continues to Improve Quality of Care While Saving Medicare Money During the COVID-19 Pandemic The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced today that Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (Shared Savings Program) in 2020 earned performance payments (shared savings) totaling nearly $2.3 billion while saving Medicare approximately $1.9 billion, marking the fourth consecutive year of net savings for Medicare. The Shared Savings Program, established by the Affordable Care Act, promotes accountability for patient populations and fosters coordination of items and services under Medicare Parts A and B. It also encourages investment in infrastructure and redesigned care processes for high quality and efficient health care service delivery. ACOs work to reduce fragmentation in patient care and cost by giving providers the incentives and tools to deliver high-quality, coordinated, team-based care that proactively promotes improved health for all patients. Currently, over 12.1 million Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries receive care from a health care provider participating in a Medicare ACO.  > Read the Full Press Release Medicare ACOs Continue to Improve Quality of Care, Generate Shared Savings Medicare ACOs Continue to Improve Quality of Care, Generate Shared Savings The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued 2017 quality and financial performance results showing that an increased number of Medicare Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) are generating financial savings while improving the quality of care through greater collaboration between doctors, hospitals, and health care providers. > Read the Full Press Release New Participants Join Several CMS Alternative Payment Models Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced over 359,000 clinicians are confirmed to participate in four of CMS’s Alternative Payment Models (APMs) in 2017. Clinicians who participate in APMs are paid for the quality of care they give to their patients. APMs are an important part of the Administration’s effort to build a system that delivers better care and one in which clinicians work together to have a full understanding of patients’ needs. APMs also strive to ensure that patients are in the center of their care, and that Medicare pays for what works and spends taxpayer money more wisely, resulting in a healthier country. > Read the Full Press Release Medicare ACOs Continue to Improve Quality of Care, Generate Shared Savings The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued 2016 quality and financial performance results showing that an increased number of Medicare Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) are generating financial savings while improving the quality of care through greater collaboration between doctors, hospitals, and health care providers. > Read the Full Press Release More Partnerships Between Doctors and Hospitals Strengthen Coordinated Care for Medicare beneficiaries Doctors, hospitals and other health care providers have formed 123 new Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) in Medicare, providing approximately 1.5 million more Medicare beneficiaries with access to high- quality coordinated care across the United States, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today. > Read the Full Press Release