Improving Care Quality While Reducing Costs Through ACOs, Value-Based Care

CMS uses the Medicare Shared Savings Program to encourage providers to enter into accountable care organizations, in which they take on greater responsibility for reducing low-value care and high healthcare spending. Gary Stuck, DO, chief medical officer at Advocate Aurora Health, shares how Advocate Aurora Health has leveraged the ACO model to achieve strong cost savings and high-quality performance in the Medicare Shared Savings Program.