Medicare Accountable Care Organizations: Beneficiary Assignment Update
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Date
06/2016
Description
We report on significant Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) regulatory changes to beneficiary assignment to Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). Changes include prospective rather than retrospective assignment, will increase the likelihood beneficiaries receiving services only from certain non-primary care specialists are appropriately assigned. The regulations also improve the ability for Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) to participate in ACOs.
Center
RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
Authors
Thomas Vaughn, A. Clinton MacKinney, Keith Mueller, Fred Ullrich, Xi Zhu