Optum | October 5, 2016
Are accountable care organizations (ACOs) the future of health care? In Washington, DC and throughout the country, a lot of people are betting that they are. Designed to improve the coordination and quality of care and lower costs for Medicare patients, ACOs are considered an important step in the effort to move Medicare - and ultimately the entire health care system - toward a value-based reimbursement model. They are a major component of health care reform.
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HealthExec | October 5, 2016
Accountable care organizations (ACOs) that have contracts with commercial payors beat Medicare- and Medicaid-only ACOs on several measures of performance
in a study
published in the October issue of
.Health Affairs. The study, led by David Peiris, PhD, a fellow at Harvard's T.H. Chan School of Public Health, sought to answer three questions
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Upcoming Events
FLAACOs Fall 2016 Conference
October 13-14, 2016 | Orlando, FL
ACO Coalition Fall 2016 Meeting
October 20-21, 2016 | Philadelphia, PA
3rd Annual ACO Strategy Summit
October 25-25 2016 | Washington, DC
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Symposium: How to Thrive in Risk-Based Coordinated Care
October 27 2016 | Rosemont, IL
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Innovaccer | October 7, 2016
According to a survey almost 50% of the physicians do not understand MACRA. With less than five months to full implementation of MACRA, are we ready to embrace one of the most elaborate laws of US? And most importantly will it produce the needed positive outcomes?The program is expected to improve the current standards, sort the most persistent problems and create opportunities to rework and revise Medicare. How will all this happen?...
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Becker's Health IT & CIO Review | October 4, 2016
..Medicare ACOs are beginning to cover more lives today than ever before, chiefly as a result of America's increasing senior population. While more and more organizations are adopting the ACO model, their investments remain misaligned. According to the Brookings Institute and the National Association for ACOs, operating budgets typically range between $1.5 and $2.5 million, but what's more shocking is just how these investments are distributed. In some cases, as little as a quarter of a million is earmarked for non-personnel spending such as IT, technology and infrastructure, components that help drive efficiencies and lower cost...
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Vendor Spotlight
U.S Advisors is a Reinsurance intermediary and serves ACOs by
offering solutions to manage and mitigate downside risk exposure from value-based contracts. We have been at the genesis of the ACO Industry since 2012 with reinsurance solutions including Captive Models which protect ACOs' profits and provide valuable tax-advantages. Solutions extend to commercial and Medicare populations for greater savings and profit protection...
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Gold Level Vendors
Thank you to our Gold Level Vendor Members. These organizations offer the highest quality products & services to the ACO & IPA community. To learn more, visit their booths at our website: ACOExhibitHall.com
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