UPDATE: CMS's ACO REACH savings and evaluation numbers still disagree, LEAD decision pending
Plus: CMS details LEAD Model's capitated payment menu and 10-year risk commitment. The day's rules, money, and enforcement, sourced and tiered below.
Plus: CMS details LEAD Model's capitated payment menu and 10-year risk commitment. The day's rules, money, and enforcement, sourced and tiered below.
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UPDATE: CMS's ACO REACH savings and evaluation numbers still disagree, LEAD decision pending
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Plus: CMS details LEAD Model's capitated payment menu and 10-year risk commitment. The day's rules, money, and enforcement, sourced and tiered below.
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Report Confidence: Medium
CMS's own scorecard on the accountable care model it is retiring next year tells two different stories at once: record settlement savings, but its independent evaluator says Medicare spending is still going up, not down.
The 2024 settlement credits ACO REACH with $988.3M in net savings. CMS's third evaluation report says net spending rose 0.8% in 2023, narrowing to 0.2% in 2024. No public list of accepted LEAD Model participants exists yet.
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Why it matters
CMS's own numbers on its flagship accountable care model contradict each other right as ACOs decide whether to sign a ten-year commitment to its successor; watch for whether CMS ever reconciles the two methodologies.
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Rule Confidence: High
Medicare just published the actual paycheck mechanics for the accountable care model replacing ACO REACH in 2027, a menu of monthly capitated payments instead of a savings check once a year.
ACOs choose Primary Care Capitation or, at full risk, Total Care Capitation covering all Part A and B spending. An upfront cash advance option must be repaid in full. The commitment runs 10 years, double MSSP's cycle.
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Why it matters
Medicare is replacing an annual savings check with monthly capitated payments for accountable care organizations, a structural shift that locks participants in for twice as long as the current model.
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