Medicare Shared Savings Program Application

November 2, 2011 The Medicare Shared Savings Program created under the Affordable Care Act is a new approach to the delivery of health care aimed at reducing fragmentation, improving population health, and lowering overall growth in expenditures. The Shared Savings Program promotes accountability for a patient population, coordinates items and services under Medicare Parts A and B, and encourages investment in infrastructure and redesigned care processes for high quality and efficient service delivery. Under the program, groups of provider and suppliers that meet the criteria in the statute and implementing regulations may work together as Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) and . . .