AAMC Joins Community Letter to CMS on ACO Quality Policies

The AAMC on Sept. 9 joined a value-based care community letter (PDF)to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) urging the agency to revise policies under the calendar year (CY) 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for accountable care organizations (ACOs) in the Medicare Shared Savings Program. Specifically, the letter asks the agency to ensure quality reporting methods are aligned with other CMS policy timelines, commit to maintain the Medicare clinical quality measure reporting option for the foreseeable future, and repeal MIPS Promoting Interoperability reporting requirements finalized last year for ACOs. Together, these recommendations would enable ACOs to continue to prioritize improving patient care and help more practices transition to value-based care delivery models.