Key Points
- The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services finalized the creation of the Advance Investment Payments in Medicare Shared Savings Program to advance investment payments for certain new Medicare Shared Savings Program Accountable Care Organizations, effective January 1, 2024.
- Accountable Care Organizations will be permitted to use these payments to address social needs of beneficiaries, including working with local community-based organizations to address food insecurity.
FIM Opportunities
Accountable Care Organizations are permitted to use advance investment payments to address the social needs of beneficiaries. See how different plans have used advance investment payments.
As one example of a Food Is Medicine intervention use, in 2024, the ACO Adventist HealthCare ACO LLC used advance investment payments on nutrition support.