- Clif Gaus ScD, NAACOS CEO & President.
"From 2012 to 2017, fewer than 10% of ACOs in the MSSP [Medicare
Shared Savings Program] assumed downside risk each year... Today, 37% of
ACOs in the program are in downside-risk arrangements."
Source:
"MSSP Sees Continued Growth in Downside Risk ACOs," Avalere, January 21,
2020.
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