Hospital’s Challenges to Participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program

1. Attribution methodology 59.3%
2. Shared savings payments 58%
3. ACO antitrust policy 56.7%
4. Quality measurement and reporting requirements 54.7%
5. Expenditure benchmark and technical adjustments to the benchmark 52.7%
6. Application process and requirements 50%
7. Legal and governance structure 49.3%
8. ACO marketing guidelines 34%
9. Other 10.7%

Source: The Commonwealth Fund, Highlights from a 2011 National Survey of Hospital Readiness to Participate in an Accountable Care Organization
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