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The Independence at Home demonstration saved Medicare more than $10 million this year. On average, there was $1,010 per beneficiary saved this year among 15 practices and 10,000 Medicare beneficiaries, according to a new analysis by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

Some of the participating practices include Cleveland Clinic Home Care Services, Doctors on Call, Housecall Providers, Inc. and VPA Milwaukee.

All 15 practices from the second performance year also improved quality in at least two of the six quality measures, when compared to last year. Four of the practices met the performance measures for all six quality measures, according to CMS.

CMS will also give incentive payments to seven practices for succeeding in reducing Medicare expenditures and meeting designated quality goals. The payments range from $1.4 million for Doctors Making Housecalls to $360,000 for VPA Lansing.

Last year, in the program’s first year, participants saved over $25 million, an average of $3,070 per participating beneficiary, according to CMS.