ACO Quality Measurement Summary

A major goal of accountable care and ACOs is to increase the quality of care delivered to patients. Medicare ACOs provide detailed measurements by which to determine their success.

• Before an Accountable Care Organization (ACO) can share in any savings earned the organization, it must demonstrate that the quality performance standard have been achieved for that year
• The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will measure quality of care using 33 nationally recognized measurements within four domains:
  • Patient /Caregiver Experience (7 measures)
  • Care Coordination /Patient Safety (6 measures)
  • Preventive Health (8 measures)
  • At-­‐Risk Population:
    • Diabetes (6 measures)
    • Hypertension (1 measure)
    • Ischemic Vascular Disease (2 measures)
    • Heart Failure (1 measure)
    • Coronary Artery Disease (2 measures)

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