12/5/2014: Proposed Medicare Shared Savings Program Changes Don't Go Far Enough, Providers Say (HealthLeaders Media)

"[The Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP)] was designed to be a landmark program that would change the healthcare landscape overnight. Organizations would take the plunge to form ACOs, improve the delivery and quality of care, and that would be the future of healthcare. CMS has realized that the MSSP was, instead, a chance for organizations long engaged in fee-for-service culture to get their toes wet in performance-based risk models.... The proposed rule is attempting coax hesitant organizations into accepting a pay-for-performance culture and to convince some of the braver ones to commit fully to coordinated care."