The Dartmouth Institute | January 20, 2017
New research by The Dartmouth Institute finds that Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) serving a high proportion of minority patients performed significantly worse on many quality-of-care measures than other ACOs. While previous research has shown ACOs have improved quality of care during the first three years of performance, little was known about the impact ACOs and similar payment reforms are having on existing racial and ethnic health disparities..
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RevCycle Intelligence | January 11, 2017
As part of its 2017 advocacy agenda, the National Association of Accountable Care Organizations (NAACOS)
released policy recommendations for ACO improvement. The recommendations included Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) changes, one-sided financial risk model promotion, a mechanism to account for ACO investment, and less regulatory burden. "Because of the importance of ACOs in healthcare delivery, NAACOS continues to advocate for policies that would improve how beneficiaries receive their care, as well as allow our ACOs to flourish in this program," stated the industry group.
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Upcoming Events
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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America's Essential Hosptitals | January 23, 2017
Ninety-nine new Medicare accountable care organizations (ACOs) were
established at the beginning of the 2017 program year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced this week.The Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) ACOs promote collaboration among providers, including hospitals, with the goal of coordinating care and basing payment on the quality of patient health outcomes rather than the volume of services provided. Along with renewing ACOs, the new organizations bring the total number of ACOs nationally to 480 in 2017.
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Becker's Hosptial Review | January 25, 2017
In a
letter to President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence, a group of healthcare organizations today called for renewed efforts to transform the healthcare system from fee-for-service payment models to those based on value and quality outcomes. "On behalf of the nation's leading clinicians, employers, hospitals, biopharmaceutical companies, pharmacists, patients, consumer groups and insurance providers, we are writing to underscore our commitment to advancing the highest quality, most cost-effective healthcare system in the world"..
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Vendor Spotlight
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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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