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Modern Healthcare | October 1, 2019
The CMS achieved savings from the Medicare Shared Savings Program last year, marking the second year in a row the agency turned a profit from the program.
About 66% of the 548 Medicare accountable organizations produced a total of $1.7 billion in savings in 2018 and the CMS scored a $739.4 million gain, according to
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The Healthcare Blog | October 1, 2019
The notion that hospitals can reduce readmissions, and that punishing them for "excess" readmissions will get them to do that, became conventional wisdom during the 2000s on the basis of very little evidence. The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) urged Congress to enact the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) beginning in 2007, and in 2010 Congress did so. State Medicaid programs and private insurers quickly adopted similar programs..
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PDPM: What Hospitals Should Know
October 9 | 2pm - 3pm EST | PointRight
Universal Health Services Case Study: How to Improve Network Design and Management with Claims Data
Value-Based Healthcare Strategy Day
Managing the Unmanageable: Providers, Partners, and Patients
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Value Based Health Care Conference: APM Strategy for ACOs and High-Performance Provider Networks Track
October 21-22 | Arlington, VA
4th Annual Value-Based Care Summit
October 24-25 | Boston, MA
FLAACOs 2019 Annual Conference
November 7-8, 2019 | Orlando, FL
Caravan Health Accountable Care Symposium
December 11-12, 2019 | Scottsdale, AZ
June 10-12, 2020 | Washington, DC
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Becker's Hospital CFO Report | October 1, 2019
Medicare Shared Savings Program ACOs generated $739.4 million in net savings for the Medicare program across 548 ACOs in 2018, CMS Administrator Seema Verma announced in
Health Affairs Sept. 30.
The 2018 data shows quality improvement continued, and many of the previously observed cost trends continued. Top performers on spending tend to be in two-sided risk contracts, physician-led and low-revenue, according to Ms. Verma.
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Health Affairs | September 30, 2019
With Medicare's main trust fund projected to run out in just seven years, the Trump Administration is working hard to lower health care costs and increase quality to protect the Medicare program for all Americans who depend on it. The MSSP (Shared Savings Program), established by Congress, promotes accountability for a patient population, fosters coordination of care, encourages investment in infrastructure and redesigned care processes for high quality and efficient health care service delivery, and promotes higher value care..
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