More than 359,000 clinicians are confirmed to participate in four of CMS’s Alternative Payment Models (APMs) in 2017, CMS announced recently.
Reimbursement is tied closely to quality for participants in four APMs: the Medicare Shared Savings Program (Shared Savings Program), Next Generation Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Model, Comprehensive End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Care Model (CEC), and Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+) Model.
CMS reports that more than 12.3 million Medicare and/or Medicaid beneficiaries are served by 572 ACOs across the Shared Savings Program, Next Generation ACO Model, and CEC Model. There are 131 ACOs in a risk-bearing track, including in the Shared Savings Program, Next Generation ACO Model, and CEC Model, along with 2,893 primary care practices participating in CPC+.
