ACOs Direct Contracting Becomes REACH, Challenges Remain-The HSB Blog 2/28/22
Our Take: On Thursday, February 24th, CMS announced it was ending the GPDC ACO program and replacing it with the Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Realizing Equity, Access, and Community Health (REACH) Model effective 1/1/2023. While the new program attempts to increase the role of ACOs in helping to achieve health equity and the amount of provider ownership in ACOs a number of fundamental challenges remain the same. In addition, given the program was only extended until th