Accountable Care Organization Leader Perspectives on the Medicare Shared Savings Program: A Qualitative Study.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) includes more than 400 accountable care organizations (ACOs) and is among the largest and longest running value-based payment efforts in the US. However, given recent program reforms and other changes in the health care system, the experiences and perspectives of ACO leaders remain incompletely characterized.

Objective

To understand the priorities, strategies, and challenges of ACO leaders in MSSP.

Design, setting, and participants

In this qualitative study, interviews were conducted with leaders of 49 ACOs of differing sizes, leadership structures, and geographies from MSSP between September 29 and December 29, 2022. Participants were asked about their clinical and care management efforts; how they engaged frontli

SUBMITTER: Khullar D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10943415 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature