CMS requests ACOs apply for LEAD model

(By: Elizabeth Casolo for Becker’s Hospital Review)

CMS issued a request for applications March 31 for its long-term enhanced ACO design model.

The model’s performance period will span one decade — the longest CMS has tested — and run from Jan. 1, 2027, until Dec. 31, 2036. Under LEAD’s risk-sharing options, ACOs can keep up to 100% of savings if spending is below benchmark and be held responsible for 100% if spending exceeds the benchmark. ACOs could also choose to keep up to half the savings and be responsible for up to half the losses. Continue reading here…

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