Serving the Value-Based Care Community
June 9, 2023
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Phase 1 enrollment in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) for 2024 is currently underway, and recent reforms hold promise in attracting new providers into accountable care. However, experts say there’s still work for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to do. Aisha Pittman, the senior vice president of government affairs at the National Association of ACOs (NAACOS), told Fierce Healthcare the group tends to think about evolving the program in two buckets: what needs to be done to draw in new participants and what is necessary to keep existing ACOs in the program. For example, a new requirement around reporting clinical quality data could pose a challenge to providers in the program, she said.
The most critical and vulnerable time in a patient’s healthcare journey is the period immediately following hospital discharge — during the transition to the home or another healthcare setting. This is because transitions of care can disrupt continuity of care, which is vital for effective management of chronic conditions or complex medical needs. The loss of a familiar healthcare provider or care team, along with the introduction of new providers, can create challenges in maintaining a comprehensive understanding of the patient’s health status and individual needs.
Long-term care providers have always played a crucial role in ensuring the health and well-being of the frail and elderly. As practitioners continue grappling with the demands of patient care and running their businesses, Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) focused on residents of long-term care facilities offer a promising solution to enhance the quality of healthcare services offered to residents in their care while also helping to reduce costs. Most ACOs participate in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP), which incentivizes healthcare providers to collaborate in enhancing patient outcomes and quality and decreasing healthcare expenses. ACOs were permanently authorized in 2010 by the Affordable Care Act to achieve these goals.
Improving health equity in the US will require changing health care payment. But despite the success of value-based payments in resetting expectations away from volume-based reimbursement toward quality and cost efficiency, these arrangements, historically, have not been designed to combat longstanding health inequities. In fact, there is growing recognition that even as value-based payment arrangements attempt to promote financial sustainability and better care, they can unintentionally entrench or exacerbate existing health inequities.
Sponsored Webinars
UPCOMING WEBINARS:

Innovating In-Home Care: Integrating Digital Solutions for Improved Patient Outcomes
  • Topic: Digital technologies that support the growing trend of in-home care
Sponsored by: FLAACOs
June 14, 2023 | 1 PM EST

Ongoing OIG Risk Adjustment Scrutiny: Top 3 Key Insights for ACOs, Payers, CINs and Providers
  • Topic: Understanding OIG Risk Adjustments audits, learning to identify potential audit threats, and developing solutions to mitigate risk, elevate member quality-of-care, and improve outcomes
Sponsored by: ATTAC Consulting Group
June 22, 2023 | 2 PM EST

RECORDED WEBINARS:

Maximizing financial performance under value-based care: A spotlight on contracting and risk adjustment
  • Topic: Incorporating data-infused goals in contract design, gaining enhanced visibility through real-time performance measurement, and shifting risk adjustment upstream
Sponsored by: Edifecs

The Mystique of eCQMs: What Are Advantages for ACOs' APP Reporting?
  • Topic: Understanding eCQMs, how they may help or hinder ACOs, and how to get more out of data to improve outcomes and costs
Sponsored by: Roji Health Intelligence

The Path to Health Equity: Closing the gap between policy and SDOH actionability
  • Topic: Problems and opportunities of SDOH, the gap between CMS policy and available tools, costs and incentives by model, and unique approaches and solutions
Sponsored by: Salient Healthcare

Check our our Webinar Archive to view past webinars on a variety of value-based care related topics!
Upcoming Conferences
2023 Virtual National Advanced Healthcare at Home Summit
July 11-14, 2023 | Virtual

RISE West 2023
August 28-30, 2023 | Dallas, TX

Activate2023
September 27-28, 2023 | Minneapolis, MN
EXHIBITOR SPOTLIGHT
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