CMS: ApolloMed Declares APA ACO As A Next Generation ACO

An integrated population health management company, Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc. ("ApolloMed"), today declared that one of its subsidiaries, APA ACO, Inc. has been opted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to participate and engage in the Next Generation ACO Model ("NGACO Model"). CMS will partner with APA ACO and other ACOs experienced in coordinating care for populations of Medicare sufferers and whose providers are ready to assume higher levels of financial risk and reward under this latest Advanced Alternative Payment Model ("APM") through this innovative program.  The NGACO Model builds upon ApolloMed's experience and infrastructure investments in the MSSP ACO program since the year of 2012.