Medicare Shared Savings Program ACO cohorts’ initial average
baseline spending deviation and subsequent changes over time attributable to
ACO-level exit and within-ACO participant list reconfiguration.
Source/Notes: SOURCE Authors’ analysis of CMS MSSP Provider-level
Research Identifiable Files, Medicare claims, and MD-PPAS data. NOTES Points
represent average baseline risk-adjusted regional spending deviation based on
ACOs’ initial participant list configuration, weighted by number of
attributed beneficiaries, and lines represent net changes within a cohort due to
ACO-level exit and within-ACO participant list reconfiguration over time; For
example, an ACO cohort with no exits and no participant list changes would be
represented as straight horizontal lines, shifted vertically depending on its
initial baseline risk-adjusted regional spending deviation.