Fact Sheets
Fact Sheet: Rural Hospital Support Act (S. 335) and the Assistance for Rural Community Hospitals Act
The Illinois Rural Community Care Organization (IRCCO) was approved in 2015 as a Medicare shared savings accountable care organization (ACO) Track 1. IRCCO was one of 41 ACO Investment Models (AIM) funded by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation in 2016. The AIM program seeks to encourage coordinated, accountable care in rural areas by offering pre-payment of shared savings in both upfront and ongoing per-beneficiary, per-month payments.