Reimbursement Briefs: CMS Delivery Reform Results; Hospital Differences Assessed; PCORI Updates

CMS releases results for health care delivery system reform initiatives. Health Affairs study explores differences between high- and low-price hospitals. PCORI adds more high-impact topics to pragmatic studies initiative and approves $5 million to fund methods research.

Savings from the Medicare Shared Savings Program Accountable Care Organizations and the Pioneer ACO model exceeded $380 million, according to findings released by CMS Jan. 30.

The interim results show that, in their first 12 months, 54 of the 114 Medicare Shared Savings Program ACOs that...

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