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refine the financial benchmarking methodology for ACOs in agreement periods beginning on January 1, 2024, and in subsequent years to (1) cap the risk score growth in an ACO's regional service area when calculating regional trends used to update the historical benchmark at the time of financial reconciliation for symmetry with the cap on ACO risk score growth, (2) apply the same CMS-HCC risk adjustment methodology applicable to the calendar year corresponding to the performance year in calculating risk scores for Medicare FFS beneficiaries for each benchmark year, (3) further mitigate the impact of the negative regional adjustment on the benchmark to encourage participation by ACOs caring for medically complex, high-cost beneficiaries, and (4) specify the circumstances in which CMS would recalculate the prior savings adjustment for changes in values used in benchmark calculations due to compliance action taken to address avoidance of at-risk beneficiaries, or as a result of the issuance of a revised initial determination of financial performance for a previous performance year following a reopening of ACO shared savings and shared losses calculations

This will also allow ample time for CMS to release cost reporting instructions and sub-regulatory guidance with additional billing instructions for RHCs and FQHCs to bill Medicare Part B for preventive vaccines and their administration at the time of service
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