CMS Request for Applications for the Pioneer ACO Program
May 2011
Notice from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services requesting applications for a new program known as the Pioneer Accountable Care Organization Model which will begin in 2011 and end December 2016. "The Pioneer ACO Model is an Innovation Center initiative targeted at organizations that can demonstrate the improvements in financial and clinical performance with respect to the care of Medicare beneficiaries that are possible in a mature ACO," according to the Federal Register notice, which will be published on Friday May 20. "To be eligible to participate in the Pioneer ACO Model, organizations would ideally already be coordinating care for a significant portion of patients under financial risk sharing contracts and be positioned to transform both their care and financial models from fee-for-service to a three-part aim, value based model."
CMS Request for Applications for the Pioneer ACO Program