Pioneer ACO PUF
Guidance for how CMS plans to address the increasing number of requests for Pioneer ACO data. The plan includes intention to publish the ACO-level public-use file and the summarized beneficiary and provider information for performance year 1-3 of the Pioneer ACO Model.
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: April 22, 2016
To address the increasing number of requests for Pioneer ACO data, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has created a standard analytical file that CMS can use to efficiently satisfy these requests. It is the intent of CMS to publish the ACO-level public-use file (PUF) that contains ACO-specific metrics as well as summarized beneficiary and provider information for performance year 1-3 of the Pioneer ACO Model.
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