Performance Year 2020 Medicare Shared Savings Program Accountable Care Organizations

The Medicare Shared Savings Program (Shared Savings Program) facilitates coordination among providers to improve the quality of care for Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries while reducing the growth in health care costs. Eligible providers, hospitals, and suppliers may apply to participate in the Shared Savings Program by creating or participating in an Accountable Care Organization (ACO).

NOTE (1): Data descriptions are available in the Data Dictionary. See the Attachments section on this page to download the Data Dictionary.

NOTE (2): Excel may drop the leading zero from the ACO’s zip code in the aco_zip column when exporting the csv file. To retain this information, we recommend using the “Import” feature of Excel to manually import the relevant data or exporting the file using one of the other supported file formats.

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