Medicare eases up on accountable care rules

By artappraiser on Fri, 12/21/2018 - 6:13pm |

The Trump administration on Friday eased up on groups of hospitals and doctors called "accountable care organizations," which were created by the Affordable Care Act, in a regulation that will allow those companies to retain more money if they hold Medicare costs down and keep patient quality high.

The bottom line: The agency that oversees Medicare is still requiring these networks to take on more financial risk. But it's now backpedaling from some of the proposed rules, and as a result, it expects fewer hospitals and doctors to leave the program.

The details: Next year, the federal government will still push groups of hospitals and doctors to both keep savings from lower Medicare spending and pay out financial penalties back to the government if they spend above Medicare's targets [....]

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https://www.axios.com/medicare-accountable-care-organizations-final-rule-96085b40-7d8b-499c-913f-f278668ceaa2.html

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Medicare eases up on accountable care rules

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