San Diego-based Sharp Healthcare, which was selected as a Medicare Pioneer accountable care organization in 2011, has left the Pioneer program after determining its ACO was at risk for ...

The Pioneer model and the MSSP together now represent three logical, distinct risk models—pure shared savings, ... Health Affairs Blog, December 22, 2011. DOI: 10.1377/hblog20111222.015830 ...

A key pilot program in the federal health law saved Medicare nearly $400 million over two years and is the first alternative-payment model certified to cut costs while improving health-care ...

The Pioneer Model is an important part of that learning system. The fact that not all participants achieved savings in the first year should not be seen as a weakness or a failure.