Healthcare Finance | June 21, 2017
Hospitals waiting for clarity from the federal government now know where they stand on MACRA requirements and a new administration's view of value-based care, according to two experts interviewed. On Tuesday afternoon, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released its revised rules for the Medicare Access and
CHIP Reauthorization Act...
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URAC | June 16, 2017
Accountable care may still be a relatively new model in some areas, but the numbers of ACOs are steadily increasing. There were approximately 660 ACOs in the U.S. in 2015. The number increased to 838 last year. Success, however, can
be elusive.
Only about one-fourth of U.S. hospitals entered into value-based contracts have been
able to reduce administrative and healthcare co
sts, an
d less than hal
f have met goals for improving pa
tient outcomes...
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Upcomi
ng Events
HFMA ANI 2017
June 25-28, 2017 | Orlando, FL
Eighth National ACO Summit
June 28-29, 2017 | Arlington, VA
FLAACOs 2017 Conference
October 19-20, 2017 | Orlando, FL
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HealthAffairs Blog | June 19, 2017
While participation in Medicare accountable care organizations (ACOs) continues to grow-9 million Medicare beneficiaries are currently attributed to Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) ACOs alone, up 1.3 million since 2016-contro
versy swirls around their impact as analysts d
isagree about the success of the model...
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RevCycle Intelligence | June 19, 2017
To successfully lower healthcare costs while improving care quality, accountable care organizations (ACOs) have restructured their healthcare staffing models to provide additional support to high-risk patients, a recent American Journal of Accountable Care
study revealed.
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