October 22, 2019
The Honorable Catherine Cortez Masto
United States Senate
516 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
The Honorable Pat Roberts
United States Senate
109 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Dear Senators Cortez Masto and Roberts,
On behalf of the undersigned organizations, we thank you for introducing legislation that fixes a formula to measure accountable care organization (ACO) performance by more fairly comparing ACOs to their markets. Specifically, S.2648, the Rural ACO Improvement Act, amends title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve the benchmarking process for the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) to ensure that all ACOs have an equal opportunity to share in savings regardless of their geographic location.