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The Relationship Between Quality Score, Generated Savings/Losses And Assigned Beneficiaries Among 2018 Mssp Acos, Crystal Crider

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In 2018, Medicare spending in the United States accounted for 15% of the comprehensive federal budget forecasted to exceed $1.5 trillion by the year 2028. To help manage the spending in this sector, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services implemented Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). There is a need to understand current data as it relates to the correlation between MSSP ACO participants’ costs, quality, and assigned beneficiaries. The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine the relationship between Quality Score, Generated Total Savings/Losses and Total Assigned Beneficiaries for 2018 MSSP ACO participants. General …