Fierce Healthcare

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Accountable care organizations saved Medicare $2.1 Accountable care organizations (ACOs) saved Medicare $2.1 billion, the largest yearly savings in program history, in 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services revealed on Tuesday.

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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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Healthcare It News

MARCH 4, 2022

Care coordination is becoming increasingly important in U.S. healthcare for a variety of reasons, including the increased use of value-based care models, the behavioral care shortage and a boom in home healthcare.

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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

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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Healthcare ECONOMIST

JANUARY 18, 2022

As Medicare Advantage grows each year, population-based alternative payment models like accountable care organizations are left with a shrinking pool of beneficiaries, he added. 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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HIT Consultant

JULY 13, 2022

For the better part of a decade, the shift toward value-based care in the U.S. Siddharth Thakkar, VP, Product and Marketing at IKS Health. has been driven by the establishment of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI).

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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

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

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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Fierce Healthcare

AUGUST 2, 2024

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

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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

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Accountable care organizations are calling on the feds to increase participation of long-term and post-acute care providers in ACOs and to better incorporate episodic-based payments. Payers, providers, ACO leaders and advocacy groups convened to discuss how to improve long-term and post-acute care participation in ACOs.

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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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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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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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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

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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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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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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Fierce Healthcare

JULY 14, 2023

Over two days, executives from accountable care organizations, health systems and payers spoke about interoperability, population health, social determinants, the cost of care and taking on risk. Equity was at the forefront of Reuters’ value-based health conference in Philadelphia last month.

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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

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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Health Care Dive

JANUARY 18, 2023

Accountable care organizations and value-based care advocates cheered the news, with the National Association of ACOs calling 2023 a “turning point” for growth.

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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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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

AUGUST 24, 2023

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

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Fierce Healthcare

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Care and treatment options for patients living with Alzheimer’s, dementia and Parkinson’s are often fragmented and limited and many primary care physicians feel unprepared to meet increased patient | Harmonic Health launched to bridge gaps in care for dementia patients by bringing together advanced technology and an expert care team to partner with (..)

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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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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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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 11, 2011

Accountable care organizations might create a paradigm shift for healthcare–but questions remain over implementation costs, provider enthusiasm, and performance measurement.

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Health Dialog

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

As we know, Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) are complex ecosystems and the implementation of new population health management programs can be daunting. New initiatives require time, behavior change, and workflow redesign. Here are steps your organization can take in advance of new program integration to maximize success.

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Home Health Care

AUGUST 25, 2023

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. As of January 2023, those ACOs included over 573,000 participating clinicians who provided care to almost 11 million people with Medicare.

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Accountable Care Doctors

AUGUST 27, 2021

The Council of Accountable Physician Practices (CAPP) engaged the Institute for Accountable Care (IAC) to review recent literature to assess the current state of research on the characteristics and performance of accountable care organizations (ACOs) and accountable physician groups. Outcomes-based payment.

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Accountable Care Doctors

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Earlier this year, CAPP asked the Institute for Accountable Care (IAC) Executive Director Rob Mechanic to conduct a scan of the latest literature on accountable care entities, programs, and payment models in an effort to understand the factors that influence participation in such arrangements and on cost and quality performance.

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Home Health Care

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Medical Management, the home-based care company HarmonyCare raised $200 million in June. On Wednesday, it touted its success in the Accountable Care Organization (ACO) “REACH” Model, the successor to the The Global and Professional Direct Contracting Models (GPDC). Formerly U.S.

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Accountable Care Doctors

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Earlier this year, CAPP asked the Institute for Accountable Care (IAC) Executive Director Rob Mechanic to conduct a scan of the latest literature on accountable care entities, programs, and payment models in an effort to understand the factors that influence participation in such arrangements and on cost and quality performance.

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