Medicare Shared Savings Program: Application Deadlines for January 1, 2021, Start Date
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced Notice of Intent to Apply (NOIA) and application submission dates for a January 1, 2021, start date for the Medicare Shared Savings Program. Beginning April 20, 2020, CMS will start accepting NOIAs via the Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Management System. You must submit a NOIA if you intend to apply to the Medicare Shared Savings Program for a January 1, 2021 start date.
NOIA submissions are due no later than May 8, 2020, at noon ET. A NOIA submission does not bind your organization to submit an application; however, you must submit a NOIA to be eligible to apply. Each ACO must submit only one NOIA.
The application submission period will be open May 14-June 11, 2020, at noon ET.
The NOIA and application submission dates are earlier in the year than they were in the past in order to give applicants more time to make application changes. Please consider these earlier submission deadlines when planning your application for a January 1, 2021, agreement period start date.
For more information:
- Shared Savings Program website
- Application Types and Timeline webpage
- Application Toolkit webpage
- For questions email SharedSavingsProgram@cms.hhs.gov