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Under a third scenario, if the ACO does not earn sufficient shared savings in all 5 performance years of its agreement period, CMS would recoup the outstanding balance directly from the ACO under new 425.640(g)(3)
First, it extended the statutory phase-in of payment reductions resulting from private payor rate implementation by an additional year, that is, through CY 2026
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In addition, smokers were not more prone to negative treatment outcomes, although a trend was observed (adjusted odds ratio [OR] 1.24, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.911.70), and were more likely to be lost to follow-up, but this was also not significant (adjusted hazard ratio [HR] 2.09, 95% CI 0.894.94)