65 Medicare Accountable Care Organizations In Operation As of April 1, 2012

On April 10, 2012, the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced it had selected a 27 organizations to participate in the Medicare Shared Savings Program payment reform demonstration, making a total of 65 accountable care organizations (ACOs) selected since January 2012. The selected ACOs will serve more than 1.1 million fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries. The number of ACOs will increase in July 1, 2012 and again in January 2012. CMS is currently reviewing more than 150 applications from ACOs seeking to participate in the Shared Savings Program beginning July 1, 2012. CMS will accept applications . . .