in favor of accountable care organizations. The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said on Feb. 24 that it would replace its global and professional directly contracting programs with provider-led accountable care organizations starting next year. At Modern Healthcare, Maya Goldman reported that the new model of care delivery would be called the ACO Realizing Equity, Access, and Community Health Model (ACO REACH) and would include new health equity requirements, changes to risk adjustment and additional risk-scoring criteria.
