Gail Wilensky's Four Important ACO Final Rule Changes

1. ACO’s will not be required to take down-side risk in year 3 but those that do will be able to share more of the savings than those that only agree to share savings
2. Beneficiaries won’t be assigned retrospectively; instead they will be assigned quarterly with an end of year reconciliation
3. The required quality metrics to be reported are reduced from approx 65 to approx 35
4. Savings for those that exceed the threshold will begin with the first dollar of savings

Notes: Commentary from Gail Wilensky, PhD, Project Hope regarding the ACO Final Rule were included in the October Special Edition of Accountable Care News
Source: Accountable Care News, October Special Edition
Source URL: http://www.AccountableCareNews.com

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