California’s UCLA Health System Selected As Medicare Shared Savings Program Accountable Care Organization

Circle Connections: Awards & Accreditations The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have selected UCLA Health System to participate in the federal government's Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) as an accountable care organization. As a participant in the program, UCLA Health System will work with CMS to provide service and care to Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries while reducing the growth in Medicare expenditures through enhanced care coordination. The Medicare Shared Savings Program was created under the Affordable Care Act to help health-care providers better coordinate care for Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries through accountable care organizations . . .