HealthData Management | November 9, 2016
The future of value-based care initiatives is now in doubt as a result of the surprising victory of President-elect Donald Trump, and with Republicans retaining control of both the House and the Senate in 2016 elections. Given that they now control the legislative process, Republicans may act on promises to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Many value-based care initiatives came into being as a result of the ACA, so it's unclear which, if any, of the nascent efforts to study new reimbursement mechanisms will survive any efforts to scale back the 6-year-old ACA.
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HFMA | November 7, 2016
he massive final rule for the 2017 Medicare Physician Fee
Schedule aims to refocus Medicare on primary care and behavioral health, provide an additional $140 million for such services, and save money through diabetes prevention. The rule also seeks to ease data collection burdens on surgeons and primary care physicians, while helping accountable care organizations (ACOs) clarify which patients are their responsibility.
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Upcoming Events
Value-Based Care Summit
November 15, 2016 | Boston-Cambridge, MA
ACO Population Health Congress
December 8-9, 2016 | Tampa, FL
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The Managed Care Congress
February 27-28, 2017 | Arlington, VA
NAACOS Spring 2017 Conference
April 5-7, 2017 | Baltimore, MD
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ACO Coalition Spring 2017 Conference
May 4-5, 2017 | Scottsdale, AZ
Eighth National ACO Summit
June 28-29, 2017 | Arlington, VA
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HealthPayer Intelligence | October 25, 2016
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) should consider allowing Track 1, 2, and 3 accountable care organizations (ACOs) to participate in cardiac and comprehensive joint replacement bundled payment models, according to a comment letter from the trade association AMGA. Since CMS is looking to improve collaboration among accountable care organizations and hospitals participating in episode-based payment models, allowing ACOs to take part in the latest bundled payments may bring in more shared savings for the Medicare program...
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The Dartmouth Institute| November 10, 2016
Health care leaders and policy makers agree that in order to improve health outcomes and lower costs, we have to address patients' nonmedical needs. Estimates suggest that 40-90% of health outcomes are attributable to social, behavioral, and economic factors, such as homelessness or food insecurity. For example, a study of chronically homeless adults with severe alcohol problems showed that stable housing reduced medical costs by 53%.
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