The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) wants 30 percent of traditional Medicare fee-for-service payments tied to a quality-driven, alternative payment model, such as an Accountable Care Organization (ACOs), by the end of next year.
That’s not all. By the end of 2018, HHS has set a goal of 50 percent of those traditional fee-for-service Medicare payments to be tied to quality-driven, value-based reimbursement model. The goals for all traditional Medicare payments are even higher.
