Medicare Contractual Risk Protection

Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP)

This voluntary population-health model enables providers to come together to form an accountable care organization (ACO). An ACO is responsible for the quality, cost, and overall care of an assigned population of Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) beneficiaries.

Benefits to MSSP Participants

In addition to a framework that promotes care coordination aimed at improving outcomes for patients, participants get access to valuable data that supports care improvement initiatives and the opportunity to earn additional revenue compared to traditional FFS.

MSSP Offers Choice of Risk Tolerance

ACO participants are able to select a “risk track” that best suits their risk tolerance. Within a chosen track, there is a level of shared savings, shared losses, and merit-based incentive payment system (MIPS) bonuses.