13  ACO AIP Plan

The Advance Investment Payment Spend Plan data provides payment use, spending category, projected and actual spending of advanced investments payments by Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs).

Metadata

       [ROWS] 206 
     [FIELDS] 10 
   [MODIFIED] 2025-03-18 
[PERIODICITY] Annually [R/P1Y] 
   [TEMPORAL] 2024-01-01 • 2025-12-31 
 [DICTIONARY] https://data.cms.gov/resources/advance-investment-payment-spend-plan-data-dictionary 
       [SITE] https://data.cms.gov/medicare-shared-savings-program/advance-investment-payment-spend-plan 
 [REFERENCES] https://data.cms.gov/resources/advance-investment-payment-spend-plan-methodology 
  [RESOURCES] https://data.cms.gov/data-api/v1/dataset-resources/a3d35ba1-3ff4-48dd-91b4-8e1f9e7a19b7 
   [DOWNLOAD] https://data.cms.gov/sites/default/files/2025-03/1d967a0a-cad3-4321-8f03-1288d493be49/Advance_Investment_Payment_Spend_PUF_March%202025.csv 

Resources

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Dictionary

ACO_ID
Unencrypted ACO Identifier. This identifier
can be linked to the encrypted ACO identifier
used for prior performance years (PY)
using the ACO ID Crosswalk available at
https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Medicare-Fee-for-ServicePayment/sharedsavingsprogram/program-data.

ACO_Name
ACO Doing Business As (DBA) or Legal Business Name
(LBN) if DBA is not available.

Payment_Use
ACO description of use of advance investment
payments.

General_Spend_Category
Payment usage category: increased staffing,
health care infrastructure, or the provision of
accountable care for underserved beneficiaries.

General_Spend_Subcategory
Selected general spend subcategory under a general
spend category payment use falls under.

Total_AIP_Funding_Received_through_December_2024
AIP funding ACO received from CMS through December
2024.

Projected_Spending_2024
Amount ACO estimates will be spent on payment use
during 2024 performance year.

Actual_Spending_2024
Amount ACO actually spent on payment use during
2024 performance year.

Projected_Spending_2025
Amount ACO estimates will be spent on payment use
during 2025 performance year.

Actual_Spending_2025
Amount ACO actually spent on payment use during
2025 performance year.

Data

$funding_2024
# A tibble: 19 × 3
   ACO_ID ACO_Name                                Total_Funding_2024
                                                     
 1 A5335  Memorial Health Partners ACO LLC                   1207181
 2 A5330  Value Based Long Term Care LLC                     2050000
 3 A5411  Health Centers of Ohio ACO LLC                     2002049
 4 A5465  UF HEALTH ACO JACKSONVILLE, LLC                     910167
 5 A5374  Adventist HealthCare ACO, LLC                       651049
 6 A5334  Main Street Rural Health Hickory ACO L…            1630434
 7 A5412  ONCHC ACO LLC                                      1393483
 8 A5439  Main Street Rural Health Cottonwood AC…            1364349
 9 A5438  Main Street Rural Health Hawthorn ACO …            1464623
10 A5404  Main Street Rural Health Willow ACO LLC            1408677
11 A5402  Main Street Rural Health Poplar ACO LLC            1735930
12 A5401  Main Street Rural Health Maple ACO LLC             1452026
13 A5399  Main Street Rural Health Juniper ACO L…            1803911
14 A5388  Medical Home Network Health Alliance I…            1894195
15 A5339  Altais Care Alliance LLC                            396545
16 A5328  HealthONE Colorado Care Partners ACO L…             565455
17 A5350  Care Partners ACO, LLC                             1172152
18 A5340  Missouri Health Center ACO LLC                     1353576
19 A5453  Wellvana Essential Care LLC                        1251643

$aip
# A tibble: 187 × 8
   ACO_ID ACO_Name                Payment_Use General_Spend_Category
                                                
 1 A5335  Memorial Health Partne… ACO IT cos… Health Care Infrastru…
 2 A5335  Memorial Health Partne… Resources … Increased Staffing    
 3 A5335  Memorial Health Partne… Resources … Increased Staffing    
 4 A5335  Memorial Health Partne… Investment… Provision of Accounta…
 5 A5330  Value Based Long Term … Polypharma… Increased Staffing    
 6 A5330  Value Based Long Term … Heart Fail… Increased Staffing    
 7 A5330  Value Based Long Term … High Risk … Increased Staffing    
 8 A5330  Value Based Long Term … Building A… Health Care Infrastru…
 9 A5330  Value Based Long Term … On Call Se… Increased Staffing    
10 A5330  Value Based Long Term … Medical Di… Increased Staffing    
# ℹ 177 more rows
# ℹ 4 more variables: General_Spend_Subcategory ,
#   Projected_Spending_2024 , Actual_Spending_2024 ,
#   Projected_Spending_2025 

$aip_2024
# A tibble: 68 × 7
   ACO_ID ACO_Name                Payment_Use General_Spend_Category
                                                
 1 A5335  Memorial Health Partne… "ACO IT co… Health Care Infrastru…
 2 A5335  Memorial Health Partne… "Resources… Increased Staffing    
 3 A5335  Memorial Health Partne… "Resources… Increased Staffing    
 4 A5335  Memorial Health Partne… "Investmen… Provision of Accounta…
 5 A5330  Value Based Long Term … "Medical D… Increased Staffing    
 6 A5330  Value Based Long Term … "EHR Adopt… Health Care Infrastru…
 7 A5330  Value Based Long Term … "Clinical … Health Care Infrastru…
 8 A5330  Value Based Long Term … "SNF and P… Health Care Infrastru…
 9 A5330  Value Based Long Term … "Remote Ac… Health Care Infrastru…
10 A5411  Health Centers of Ohio… "ACO Parti… Health Care Infrastru…
# ℹ 58 more rows
# ℹ 3 more variables: General_Spend_Subcategory ,
#   Projected_Spending_2024 , Actual_Spending_2024 

$aip_2025
# A tibble: 150 × 6
   ACO_ID ACO_Name                Payment_Use General_Spend_Category
                                                
 1 A5335  Memorial Health Partne… ACO IT cos… Health Care Infrastru…
 2 A5335  Memorial Health Partne… Resources … Increased Staffing    
 3 A5335  Memorial Health Partne… Resources … Increased Staffing    
 4 A5335  Memorial Health Partne… Investment… Provision of Accounta…
 5 A5330  Value Based Long Term … Polypharma… Increased Staffing    
 6 A5330  Value Based Long Term … Heart Fail… Increased Staffing    
 7 A5330  Value Based Long Term … High Risk … Increased Staffing    
 8 A5330  Value Based Long Term … Building A… Health Care Infrastru…
 9 A5330  Value Based Long Term … On Call Se… Increased Staffing    
10 A5330  Value Based Long Term … Medical Di… Increased Staffing    
# ℹ 140 more rows
# ℹ 2 more variables: General_Spend_Subcategory ,
#   Projected_Spending_2025 

Overview

cheapr::overview(res$aip_2024)
obs: 68 
cols: 7 

----- Numeric -----
             col n_missng p_complt n_unique   mean   p0   p25
1 Prjctd_Sp_2024       15     0.78       47 234522 3000 50000
2 Actl_Spnd_2024        0        1       68 267608  210 29478
     p50    p75    p100    iqr     sd  hist
1 120000 303587 1345452 253587 289316 ▇▂▁▁▁
2  78221 227048 1735930 197570 444682 ▇▁▁▁▁

----- Categorical -----
             col n_missng p_complt n_unique n_levels
1         ACO_ID        0        1       19       NA
2       ACO_Name        0        1       19       NA
3    Payment_Use        0        1       58      155
4 Gnrl_Spnd_Ctgr        0        1        3        4
5 Gnrl_Spnd_Sbct        0        1       17       30
                            min
1                         A5328
2 Adventist HealthCare ACO, LLC
3    ACO Administrative Support
4    Health Care Infrastructure
5       Case management systems
                                                          max
1                                                       A5465
2                                 Wellvana Essential Care LLC
3                                      Supplemental ACO Staff
4 Provision of Accountable Care for Underserved Beneficiaries
5                       Remote access technologies/telehealth
cheapr::overview(res$aip_2025)
obs: 150 
cols: 6 

----- Numeric -----
             col n_missng p_complt n_unique   mean  p0   p25   p50
1 Prjctd_Sp_2025        0        1       95 139724 312 24250 66029
     p75    p100    iqr     sd  hist
1 150000 1343952 125750 206179 ▇▁▁▁▁

----- Categorical -----
             col n_missng p_complt n_unique n_levels
1         ACO_ID        0        1       28       NA
2       ACO_Name        0        1       28       NA
3    Payment_Use        0        1      132      155
4 Gnrl_Spnd_Ctgr        0        1        3        4
5 Gnrl_Spnd_Sbct        0        1       24       30
                                  min
1                               A5328
2       Adventist HealthCare ACO, LLC
3              ACO Actuarial Services
4          Health Care Infrastructure
5 Behavioral health care coordinators
                                                          max
1                                                       A5713
2                                     VitaSavings Florida LLC
3            eCQM: QRDA I file aggregation and de-duplication
4 Provision of Accountable Care for Underserved Beneficiaries
5                            Vouchers for ride-share services
cheapr::overview(res$funding_2024)
obs: 19 
cols: 3 

----- Numeric -----
             col n_missng p_complt n_unique    mean     p0     p25
1 Ttl_Fndng_2024        0        1       19 1353023 396545 1189667
      p50     p75    p100    iqr     sd  hist
1 1393483 1683182 2050000 493516 467983 ▅▂▇▇▇

----- Categorical -----
       col n_missng p_complt n_unique n_levels
1   ACO_ID        0        1       19       NA
2 ACO_Name        0        1       19       NA
                            min                         max
1                         A5328                       A5465
2 Adventist HealthCare ACO, LLC Wellvana Essential Care LLC

Distribution

describe_distribution(res$aip_2024, by = "General_Spend_Category")
General_Spend_Category                                     
-----------------------------------------------------------
Health Care Infrastructure                                 
Health Care Infrastructure                                 
Increased Staffing                                         
Increased Staffing                                         
Provision of Accountable Care for Underserved Beneficiaries
Provision of Accountable Care for Underserved Beneficiaries

               Variable |     Mean |       SD |      IQR
--------------------------------------------------------
Projected_Spending_2024 | 1.53e+05 | 2.72e+05 | 1.84e+05
   Actual_Spending_2024 | 81070.64 | 1.20e+05 | 86737.00
Projected_Spending_2024 | 2.91e+05 | 2.90e+05 | 4.43e+05
   Actual_Spending_2024 | 4.56e+05 | 5.70e+05 | 7.92e+05
Projected_Spending_2024 | 6.12e+05 |          |     0.00
   Actual_Spending_2024 | 3.80e+05 |          |     0.00

               Variable |                Range | Skewness
---------------------------------------------------------
Projected_Spending_2024 |  [3000.00, 1.35e+06] |     3.97
   Actual_Spending_2024 |   [210.00, 5.07e+05] |     2.62
Projected_Spending_2024 | [20000.00, 1.28e+06] |     1.64
   Actual_Spending_2024 |  [6300.00, 1.74e+06] |     1.25
Projected_Spending_2024 | [6.12e+05, 6.12e+05] |         
   Actual_Spending_2024 | [3.80e+05, 3.80e+05] |         

               Variable | Kurtosis |  n | n_Missing
---------------------------------------------------
Projected_Spending_2024 |    17.60 | 24 |        10
   Actual_Spending_2024 |     7.09 | 34 |         0
Projected_Spending_2024 |     3.62 | 28 |         5
   Actual_Spending_2024 |    -0.08 | 33 |         0
Projected_Spending_2024 |          |  1 |         0
   Actual_Spending_2024 |          |  1 |         0
describe_distribution(res$aip_2025, by = "General_Spend_Category")
General_Spend_Category                                     
-----------------------------------------------------------
Health Care Infrastructure                                 
Increased Staffing                                         
Provision of Accountable Care for Underserved Beneficiaries

               Variable |     Mean |       SD |      IQR
--------------------------------------------------------
Projected_Spending_2025 | 96625.73 | 1.83e+05 | 1.03e+05
Projected_Spending_2025 | 1.87e+05 | 2.26e+05 | 1.47e+05
Projected_Spending_2025 | 73351.87 | 99035.29 | 70065.60

               Variable |               Range | Skewness | Kurtosis
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Projected_Spending_2025 |  [548.00, 1.34e+06] |     5.26 |    33.44
Projected_Spending_2025 | [7875.00, 1.04e+06] |     1.89 |     3.11
Projected_Spending_2025 |  [312.00, 3.25e+05] |     2.48 |     6.77

               Variable |  n | n_Missing
----------------------------------------
Projected_Spending_2025 | 67 |         0
Projected_Spending_2025 | 74 |         0
Projected_Spending_2025 |  9 |         0
describe_distribution(res$funding_2024)
Variable           |     Mean |       SD |    IQR
-------------------------------------------------
Total_Funding_2024 | 1.35e+06 | 4.68e+05 | 563778

Variable           |                Range | Skewness | Kurtosis
---------------------------------------------------------------
Total_Funding_2024 | [3.97e+05, 2.05e+06] |    -0.52 |    -0.22

Variable           |  n | n_Missing
-----------------------------------
Total_Funding_2024 | 19 |         0