On October 20, 2011, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its final rule for Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) under the Medicare Shared Savings Program enacted in 2010 as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act . The proposed rule for this program, published April 7, 2011, created a large number of comments that have led to several significant changes to the final regulations
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CMS Releases Final Rule for ACO Shared Savings Program