CMS Permots Few ACOs to Join New Value-Based Care Model

CMS has extended the participation requirements for the value-based care program CPC+ to include certain Medicare ACOs, involving the MSSP ACOs.

CMS has expanded the eligibility needs in the Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+) model to involve primary care physicians in certain Medicare accountable care organizations (ACOs), according to an updated fact sheet.

Up to 1,500 primary care practices out of the total 5,000 permitted in CPC+ can also be part of an ACO, reported CMS.

Although, only primary care practices that are participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) are considered eligible for the new payment model, which is scheduled to begin on the day of January 1, 2017. Practices that are part of the Accountable Care Organization Investment Model, Next Generation ACO Model, or any other shared savings program are ineligible.