Estimated Savings From the Medicare Shared Savings Program.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) is the largest and most important alternative payment model that has been implemented by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Its budgetary impact to CMS is not well understood.

Objective

To evaluate the association between the MSSP and net savings to CMS for performance years 2013 to 2021.

Design, setting, and participants

The economic evaluation used publicly reported data on the MSSP from April 1, 2012, to December 31, 2021, and estimates extracted from 2 prior studies.

Main outcomes and measures

Net savings to CMS, calculated as the difference between incentive payments to MSSP accountable care organizations and gross spending reductions. Incentive payments were calculated using the public

SUBMITTER: Ryan AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10724775 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature