IU Health to Participate as a Medicare Shared Savings Program ACO
An IU Health Release
INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana University Health today announced it has been selected to participate in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (Shared Savings Program) Accountable Care Organization (ACO), a multifaceted new program sponsored by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
Through the Shared Savings Program, Indiana University Health ACO will work with CMS to provide Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries with high quality service and care, while reducing the growth in Medicare expenditures through enhanced care coordination.
For more information about the Shared Savings Program, visit the CMS ACO website at www.medicare.gov/acos.html.
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