Healthcare Dive| February 14, 2017
While there is a lot of talk surrounding an impending legislative battle over health reform, there has been little discussion about the future of ACOs. However, based on bipartisan legislation like MACRA, value-based healthcare initiatives are likely to continue. Fostering these initiatives could even produce significant savings, according to the studies published by JAMA Internal Medicine..
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Forbes | February 13, 2017
Accountable care organizations are getting favorable reviews as a way to reduce costs and improve health quality for Medicaid and Medicare patients in two new studies out this week in JAMA Internal Medicine. The studies come as Dr. Tom Price, a conservative Georgia Congressman, begins his first week on the job as U.S. Secretary and Health and Human Services after being picked by President
Donald Trump and narrowly confirmed last week by the U.S. Senate..
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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
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2017 Value-Based Healthcare Congress
March 30-31, 2017 | Las Vegas, NV
NAACOS Spring 2017 Conference
April 5-7, 2017 | Baltimore, MD
ACO Coalition Spring 2017 Conference
May 4-5, 2017 | Scottsdale, AZ
Value Based Care Summit
June 22-23, 2017 | Chicago, IL
Eighth National ACO Summit
June 28-29, 2017 | Arlington, VA
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HealthLeaders Media | February 13, 2017
Medicare and commercial accountable care organization (ACO) models are not all created alike.
MaineHealth ACO, which generated a
Top 10 shared savings payment in the first performance year of the Medicare Shared Savings Program, has found that participating in the MSSP is more financially challenging than commercial ACO contracts.
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HealthLeaders Media | February 14, 2017
"If you are able to use integrated data to drive strategic decision-making, you are really getting to value-based care nirvana," says Amanda Skinner, vice president and general manager of managed value and risk analytics at Optum
. In 2010, when value-based care seemed imminent, large healthcare organizations sprang into action, making significant investments in technology and population health management models. But the rest of the industry has not moved as quickly due to market pressures, uncertainty around healthcare reform, and a host of other factors...
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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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