# Medicare Program; Medicare Shared Savings Program: Accountable Care Organizations
> **Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services** · Final rule. · Published 2015-06-09 · Effective 2015-08-03 · 80 FR 32692
## Document
- **Document number:** 2015-14005
- **Category:** medicare
- **Sub-agency:** Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- **Federal Register citation:** 80 FR 32692
- **CFR reference:** 42 CFR 425
- **Publication date:** 2015-06-09
- **Effective date:** 2015-08-03
- **HHS docket:** CMS-1461-F
## Abstract

This final rule addresses changes to the Medicare Shared Savings Program including provisions relating to the payment of Accountable Care Organizations participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program. Under the Medicare Shared Savings Program, providers of services and suppliers that participate in an Accountable Care Organizations continue to receive traditional Medicare fee-for-service payments under Parts A and B, but the Accountable Care Organizations may be eligible to receive a shared savings payment if it meets specified quality and savings requirements.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/06/09/2015-14005/medicare-program-medicare-shared-savings-program-accountable-care-organizations)
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