Health Care Dive

APRIL 17, 2024

Independent practices have clearer financial incentives to lower medical spending than hospitals participating in accountable care organizations, according to the Congressional Budget Office.

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Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 7, 2024

Leading Republicans in the House are demanding answers regarding a recently uncovered catheter billing scheme that has critical implications for Medicare and accountable care organizations. |

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Home Health Care

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

One comment you made at HHCN’s FUTURE event, which I thought was interesting, was that there needs to be a maturation process in the home health industry in order to capitalize off of some of the opportunities that are out there, specifically in Medicare Advantage (MA). In a lot of cases, the home-based care isn’t accountable.

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Health Care Dive

JULY 8, 2022

Changes to the Medicare Shared Savings Program would give some accountable care organizations more time to ramp up to performance-based risk and updated quality reporting.

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Fierce Healthcare

APRIL 11, 2024

Accountable care organizations have sounded the alarm on billions in durable medical equipment fraud, and officials at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) said Thursday that the | Accountable care organizations have sounded the alarm on billions in durable medical equipment fraud, and officials at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (..)

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Fierce Healthcare

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Accountable care organizations in the ACO Reach program can claim credit for saving the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) hundreds of millions of dollars | CMS released favorable savings results for ACO REACH Model participants, as industry group NAACOS begins to push for the program's extension through 2030.

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Health Care Dive

JANUARY 24, 2023

Rush University will be the only Chicago-area academic medical center participating in CVS’ first accountable care organization in ACO REACH.

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Fierce Healthcare

JUNE 8, 2023

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.

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Health Care Dive

AUGUST 25, 2023

Nearly two-thirds of participating accountable care organizations earned payments for their performance last year, according to the CMS.

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Health Care Dive

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Accountable care organizations' net savings rates ranged from -29.4% in the 2021 Global and Professional Direct Contracting Model.

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Fierce Healthcare

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Accountable care organizations do not positively influence treatment and outcomes for chronic mental health conditions for Medicare patients, according to a study in Health Affairs. | A new study pours water on the belief that ACOs are well-suited to handle chronic mental health conditions its patients experience.

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Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 29, 2024

In 2024, 50 accountable care organizations are new to the Medicare Shared Savings Program and 71 ACOs renewed participation, according to new numbers released by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid | CMS released new data Monday showing ACO participation in the Medicare Shared Savings Program, with 19 ACOs set to participate in a new payment option, (..)

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Home Health Care

MAY 15, 2022

Accountable care organizations (ACOs) have considerably increased their home-based care arsenals over recent years. They’ve also diversified the types of home-based care they offer, and are finally finding ways for it to make economic sense in capitated models. Source: Institute for Accountable Care.

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Health Care Dive

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The beleaguered insurer will leave the accountable care program at the end of the 2023 performance year following disappointing results in Medicare direct contracting.

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Health Care Dive

AUGUST 15, 2023

Regulators lowered enrollment minimums for accountable care organizations in the program, which allows providers to form groups to manage care and costs for fee-for-service Medicare enrollees.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 13, 2022

For the better part of a decade, the shift toward value-based care in the U.S. has been driven by the establishment of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI). Moving forward, organizations will have to build infrastructure that can collect health equity data, report on it and service all Medicare beneficiaries.

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Fierce Healthcare

AUGUST 2, 2024

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) quietly released changes to the ACO REACH Model, prompting one industry group to react to the modifications. Accountable care organizations are evaluating the impacts of the new requirements for the ACO REACH program. So far, the changes are a mixed bag, says NAACOS.

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Healthcare ECONOMIST

JANUARY 18, 2022

An interesting article in Modern Healthcare reviews some discussion at a recent Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) meeting. The first issue is that the pool of fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries is shrinking, at least on a relative basis.

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Fierce Healthcare

JULY 1, 2024

Accountable care organizations concerned they would be held responsible for bad actors exploiting the Medicare system can breathe a sigh of relief. ACOs may soon be able to take a breath of fresh air, as CMS shared Friday that it has no intention of punishing them for a urinary catheter fraud scandal.

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 18, 2022

In short, new organization- and provider-level emphasis on including SDOH along with traditional clinical diagnosis and utilization data is helping to "round out" the picture of patient populations targeted for care management interventions.

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p3care

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

From the next performance year (2021), Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) expect different reporting requirements under the Medicare Shared Savings Program. CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) has recommended changes for ACO reporting criteria. The requirements are somewhat the same as for QPP MIPS.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

In March, Signify Health acquired Caravan Health , which serves Medicare beneficiaries through accountable care organizations. In 2022, Signify Health clinicians are expected to serve 2.5 million members at their homes, both in person and virtually. In 2023, those ACOs will represent 700,000 patients.

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Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 19, 2024

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced the ACO Primary Care Flex Model (ACO PC Flex Model), allowing eligible accountable care organizations to treat people with with | Accountable care organizations are largely supportive of CMS' new primary care model released Tuesday, they wish the agency would broaden its scope (..)

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Fierce Healthcare

APRIL 16, 2024

CVS Accountable Care and inVio Health Network, a collection of more than 600 providers in South Carolina, are partnering to improve care outcomes for 60,000 Medicare beneficiaries. |

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Healthcare ECONOMIST

MAY 5, 2024

To account for differences in disease burden across a Medicare Advantage (MA) plans patient population, uses risk adjustment based on patient disease burden. One key question is whether providers under traditional Medicare (TM) code differently than Medicare Advantage (MA) plans. diabetes, heart failure).

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Fierce Healthcare

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The blueprint set forth by Massachusetts accountable care organizations to improve population health metrics and reduce costs can be applied to New York, after Centers for Medicare & Medic | New York's section 1115 waiver allocates $500 million toward social care networks to connect community health workers with local organizations.

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Fierce Healthcare

AUGUST 24, 2023

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) has saved a net $1.8 billion in 2022 for accountable care organizations, which is th | Accountable care organizations saved a net $1.8

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Health Business Group

JULY 18, 2024

Can value-based care transform the American healthcare system? In this episode, we dive deep into this pressing question with Dr. Mohamed Diab , president of CVS Accountable Care. Dr. Diab highlights systemic challenges, such as physician burnout and the inadequacies of primary care funding.

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Home Health Care

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has stated its objective to enroll all of its Medicare beneficiaries in accountable care relationships by 2030. million Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries are assigned to an ACO. Currently, roughly 13.2 We’d like to try it that way.’

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Home Health Care

AUGUST 25, 2023

The Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) continues to save Medicare over a billion dollars annually. And some of the highest-performing, most innovative Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) participating in the program continue to generate savings by effectively using home-based care.

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Home Health Care

AUGUST 30, 2021

CommonSpirit Health carved out $136 million in savings to Medicare for 2020, while also improving overall outcomes for hundreds of thousands of beneficiaries, the company recently announced. CommonSpirit Health is a participant in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP), which began back in 2012 after being designed by the U.S.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 16, 2024

What You Should Know: – inVio Health Network and CVS Accountable Care Organization, a division of CVS Health , have announced a collaboration to participate in the new Medicare Accountable Care Organization (ACO) REACH program. CVS Accountable Care contributes its extensive experience and resources.

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Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized a rule (PDF) Tuesday to limit the impact of fraudulent bi | Hoping to help accountable care organizations turn the page on a messy urinary catheter scandal, CMS released a final rule to hold ACOs financially harmless.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 25, 2024

What You Should Know: The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center a nd CVS Accountable Care, part of CVS Health® (NYSE: CVS), today announced the creation of an accountable care organization (ACO) to improve the quality of care for Medicare beneficiaries by Ohio State providers in central Ohio.

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Home Health Care

MAY 29, 2024

Medicare Advantage (MA) – the offshoot of traditional Medicare that’s administered by private insurance companies – has recently caught a lot of flak. Similar MA grievances can be heard from beyond home health care as well. Similar MA grievances can be heard from beyond home health care as well.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 23, 2025

What You Should Know: – Bamboo Health , the leader in Real-Time Care Intelligence, is teaming up with Radial , a pioneer in decision support software for value-based care, to enhance care coordination and drive success in accountable care.

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p3care

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

So, in this article, we will discuss why you should consider ACO reporting to CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicare Services). What is ACO (Accountable Care Organization)? The idea is to enable patients, especially chronically ill patients the best care services with minimum chances of poor quality.

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