Modern Healthcare | October 18, 2017
Providers saw promising savings from accountable care organization models over the last year, and recent data has shown the value-based programs could find more success in a relatively untapped area: specialty medicine. The CMS last week quietly released data showing that three ACO programs saved providers millions of dollars. Last year, the Comprehensive End-Stage Renal Disease Care Model saved $75 million, according to the agency. That's more than the $68 million saved by Pioneer ACOs, and the $48 million saved by NextGen ACOs in the same period...
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Patient Engagement HIT | October 23, 2017
When Triad HealthCare Network (THN) became a Medicare Shared Savings Program accountable care organization (ACO) in 2012, the network's director of accountable care operations, Elissa Langley, knew she and her team would need extensive patient outreach to ac
 hieve ACO success. The Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) makes ACOs accountable for healthcare quality, costs, and outcomes for patients within a fee-for-service population...
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Upcoming
Events 
November 1, 2017 | 11:00am EST
10th Partnering with ACOs & IDNs Summit
November 2-3, 2017 | Los Angeles, CA
Value-Based Care Summit
November 16-17, 2017 | Boston, MA
The Care Coordination & Technology Congress
January 24-26, 2018 | Atlanta, GA
ACO Population Health Management
Summit
January 24-26, 2018 | Atlanta, GA
MORE TO COME!!
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Modern Healthcare | October 18, 2017
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released results from year one of its Next Generation ACO model, revealing that 61% of program participants were able to earn shared savings last year. The federal ACO (accountable care organization) data from CMS
 , released without much elaboration, as it
often was in the previous administration, disclosed the results of how the 18 ACOs in CMS' Next Gen ACO model performed in 2016...
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HealthPayer Intelligence | October 2017
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 accountable care organizations will need to show commitment and perseverance if they are to reap the benefits of value-based care...
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roach to telehealth, all while giving patients the immediate access to care they need...
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ACO/IPA Career Opportunities
If your ACO or IPA is looking for qualified candidates to fill executive, administrative, care coordinator or analyst roles, let us help you market that position - reach out to us at:
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