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HealthPayer Intelligence | December 2016
In healthcare, as in so many other areas of life, patience is a virtue. Providers and payers pursuing ACO development will need to have plenty of it before their care transformation efforts pay off with significant cost savings. As providers combine growing financial incentive opportunities with improved
population health management programs, they may be able to achieve many of the goals of healthcare reform. But ACOs will need to show commitment and perseverance if they are to reap the benefits of value-based care.
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Advisory Board | December 21, 2016
CMS
on Tuesday announced a new Medicare ACO, called ACO Track 1+, that will have less downside risk than Tracks 2 or 3 of the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP). HHS said the new track is intended to encourage more provider practices, particularly small practices, to participate in alternative payment models (APM) with performance-based risk. Both hospitals and provider practices may participate in ACO Track 1+. According to HHS, the new track will allow approximately 70,000 clinicians to qualify for Advanced APM incentive payments in 2018, when the track is set to launch.
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Upcoming Events
ACO Population Health Management Summit
January 25-26, 2017 | Atlanta, GA
January 25-26, 2017 | Atlanta, GA
2017 Network Contracting & Management Congress
February 27-28, 2017 | Las Vegas, NV
The Managed Care Congress
February 27-28, 2017 | Arlington, VA
12th National Value-Based Payment & Pay for Performance Summit
March 8-10, 2017 | San Francisco, CA
NAACOS Spring 2017 Conference
April 5-7, 2017 | Baltimore, MD
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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McKnight's | December 21 2016
CMS recently announced accountable care organization model for dual eligibles could be at risk if lawmakers overhaul the Medicaid program in the coming years. The Medicare-Medicaid Accountable Care Organization is aimed at improving care and lowering costs for beneficiaries enrolled in both Medicare and Medicaid. While one
expert told McKnight's last week that the model is unlikely to disappear under the next presidential administration, changes to the Medicaid program may complicate it, according to published reports.
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Southern Medical Association | December 21, 2016
Twas three weeks before MACRA, when all through the towns, Not a practice was preparing, apathy knew no bounds. Resolve was hung up by the "We who don't care", In hopes that more delays, soon would be there. The providers were nestled all snug in their beds
While visions of Medicare penalties danced in their heads.
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Vendor Spotlight
Most Medicare Shared Savings Program ACOs are unaware that CMS expects them to be generating at least 60% of their revenue through commercial contracts by year five of the organization's existence. Moreover, many Advanced Payment ACOs will find themselves in a tight spot once CMS seed money runs out unless commercial contracts are in place. Reliance Consulting Group works with ACOs all around the nation to establish lucrative contracts and value based care initiatives with major payers...
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