On May 4, 2015 Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Burwell announced that the Pioneer ACO program had saved the federal government $384 million and improved quality in its first ...

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Medicare's accountable care organization model has notched sufficient savings to meet the agency's criteria for expansion to a larger population of beneficiaries. The Pioneer ACO model, a ...

A growing number of participants in CMS's Pioneer ACO program are dropping out of the program prior to the launch of the Next Generation ACO program, which will allow providers to be reimbursed for ...

Under the Pioneer program, which launched in January 2012, participating providers contracted with CMS to meet quality targets and assume new risk when caring for a set population of Medicare ...

Accountable care organizations participating in the Pioneer program and Medicare Shared Savings Program reduced Medicare spending by $817 million last year, according to CMS. Here are 10 things to ...

Medicare’s Pioneer accountable care organization pilot program now dwindles to just 16 participants from the original 32, following the drop out of two more Boston-based ACOs: Steward Promise and ...

Editor's note: See additional analysis of the first year of Pioneer ACO results from Douglas Hastings. The Wall Street Journal called the results “mixed.” “Only a third reduced costs,” proclaimed ...

Not long ago, San Diego's Sharp HealthCare made a stir when it announced that it was dropping out of CMS's Pioneer ACO program. But if you look closely at the situation, it's more surprising that 22 ...