Medicare’s ACO REACH Model will undergo some changes when it heads into its 2025 performance year.

To help ensure that the program controls costs and saves money, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will implement a series of changes in its voluntary Accountable Care Organization Realizing Equity, Access, and Community Health (ACO REACH) Model.  According to the agency, it is:

  • adjusting the financial methodology to improve model sustainability based on the findings in the PY [performance year] 2022 Evaluation Report;
  • responding to feedback from interested parties on improvements to the accuracy of benchmarks; and
  • strengthening operational flexibility and risk management.

Learn more about the specific steps CMS will take to carry out these changes in the ACO REACH Model from this CMS quick reference guide and the Modern Healthcare (password-protected) article “Cost report prompts tweaks to ACO REACH model.”