Shared Savings ACOs get a year off from electronic clinical quality measures

Why This Topic Matters

The article matters because it summarizes CMS decisions that affect how Shared Savings ACOs report quality, manage program transition timing, and prepare for future reporting and attribution changes. It also highlights proposed updates that can influence operational planning for ACOs, EHR and registry vendors, and organizations supporting value-based care performance measurement.

Article Sections

1. Value-based care

   Introduces CMS updates affecting Shared Savings ACO participation, quality reporting, and related program operations within value-based care.

2. Reporting transition and stakeholder concerns

   Summarizes the shift in quality reporting expectations, the reasons stakeholders raised concerns, and CMS’s response to implementation challenges.

3. 2022 reporting and performance expectations

   Describes the options and general performance expectations discussed for Shared Savings participants in the next reporting cycle.

4. Operational and technical concerns

   Highlights implementation issues raised by ACOs and vendors, including data aggregation and measurement readiness.

5. Proposed Shared Savings program flexibility

   Covers proposed changes to early participation status and other flexibility within the Shared Savings program.

6. Telehealth and beneficiary assignment

   Discusses proposed treatment of telehealth-delivered primary care services in beneficiary assignment methodology.

7. Proposed primary care codes for attribution

   Mentions additional primary care-related codes under consideration for attribution-related purposes.