TROY, Mich., Sept. 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Centers
for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2020
performance year results for the Medicare Shared Savings Program
(MSSP) Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). U.S. Medical
Management (USMM) was a participating ACO, saving CMS
$26.5 million in 2020, while
achieving an overall quality score of 97.5 percent.
All contracted MSSP ACOs saved Medicare $4.1 billion in 2020 and nearly $2 billion after taking out shared
savings. Of the 513 participating ACOs, 345 generated those
savings.
This is USMM's sixth year in the program. USMM's MSSP ACO is
dedicated exclusively to the home-limited population, and is
comprised solely of providers from Visiting Physicians Association
(VPA). 17,174 patients were attributed to the ACO population in
2020.
"We are very pleased with the 2020 USMM Accountable Care
Partners results. These results reflect our 25+ year commitment to
improve patient quality of life through home-based primary care
services," noted Rajiv Patel, MD,
CEO of USMM "2020 was an unprecedented year, given the COVID-19
pandemic. We are very proud to have continued to make a meaningful
impact towards lowering costs, improving patient outcomes, and
enhancing the patient experience during such a challenging
time."
Medicare ACOs are groups of doctors, hospitals, and other health
care providers, who come together voluntarily to provide
coordinated high quality care to their Medicare patients. The goal
of coordinated care is to ensure that patients, especially the
chronically ill, get the right care at the right time, while
avoiding unnecessary duplication of services and preventing medical
errors.
Performance year and financial results are available here:
https://data.cms.gov/medicare-shared-savings-program/performance-year-financial-and-quality-results
About USMM
U.S. Medical Management (USMM), along with
its affiliated entities (Visiting Physicians Association, Pinnacle
Senior Care, Grace/Comfort Hospice, The Home DME) is a leading
management services organization and provider of home based primary
care services for complex/fragile patients. Based in
Troy, Michigan, USMM operates
Visiting Physician Association practices in 11 states, constituting
a 200 + primary care provider group, providing continuity-based
primary care under an integrated, physician-driven model which
includes ancillary services such as home health, hospice,
radiology, diagnostics, DME and laboratory. In 2014, the Centene
Corporation (NYSE: CNC) acquired USMM, integrating USMM's care
delivery model across its Medicaid and dual-eligible
membership. USMM also operates a multi-state Medicare Shared
Savings Program ACO serving approximately 18,000 complex/fragile
Medicare patients.
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