“I think one of the benefits of [the Medicare Shared Savings Program] and even the Pioneer is these are efforts to turn the battleship of Medicare in a way that’s feasible. You can’t just stop the Medicare program and say, ‘we’re going to do it differently beginning tomorrow.’ The culture’s got to change, provider shifts have to evolve, and the CMS program itself, the staff, their assistants, all of that is going to require a complex change. And I think one of the benefits of the ACO strategy is just that: trying to evolve instead of just slamming on the brakes.”
— Bruce Merlin Fried, a partner in the D.C. office of SNR Denton US LLP, told AIS’s ACO Business News.
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