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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Healthcare It News

MAY 6, 2022

No doubt, rural healthcare currently is facing many challenges, such as lack of bed availability – even as COVID-19 decreases. What is happening with rural healthcare, and specifically bed availability in rural healthcare? How can technology play a role in preserving healthcare in rural America?

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 18, 2022

Social determinants of health are major contributors to health inequity and rising healthcare costs in vulnerable populations such as Medicaid beneficiaries. Healthcare IT News interviewed Dr. Walton to get an advance look at his upcoming educational session. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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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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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

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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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

In order to further CVS's healthcare services strategy, the acquisition of Signify Health adds clinicians that assess patients at home. The deal also provides CVS Health with a value-based care platform that connects payers to providers and providers to each other to lower costs and improve patient outcomes. Email: afox@himss.org.

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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

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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Healthcare ECONOMIST

JANUARY 18, 2022

An interesting article in Modern Healthcare reviews some discussion at a recent Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) meeting. 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.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 13, 2022

This approach brings specialists and facilities in with the right capitation models and incentivizes them to improve care outcomes while optimizing utilization. . Ensuring that patients can navigate the complex healthcare system with the right blend of technology and staff increases the likelihood of the best outcomes for patients.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

What You Should Know: – Tuva Health , the world’s first open-source healthcare data transformation platform, today announced it has partnered with MultiCare Connected Care (MCC), MultiCare Health Systems accountable care organization, to build, operate, and manage MCCs enterprise healthcare data platform.

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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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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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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 4, 2022

The healthcare workforce is depleted, exhausted and demoralized. Care quality is often degraded, and patient accessibility is still lacking. Progress toward accountable care is halting. This is just the beginning: The future of healthcare is in the home." Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS publication.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Strengthening Referral Pathways: While physical therapy remains outside primary care’s traditional scope, patients in many states have direct access without requiring a referral. However, practices must address potential risks, including insurance compliance and healthcare payor audits, while preparing for emerging regulations.

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Healthcare It News

MAY 4, 2023

"Healthcare is years behind other industries in leveraging technology and data to progress innovation and efficiency. "In the past, with manual tracking, we simply wouldn’t have been able to measure these crucial time-to-care and recovery capital factors, and these outcomes will inform our efforts this year," Bloom said.

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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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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

In the summer of 2020, healthcare data and software company Arcadia started offering provider-organization clients analytics to create educational outreach campaigns designed to cut through conflicting information and encourage parents to bring their children and themselves in for well visits and routine vaccinations.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 13, 2021

He explained: "It's the noise in the healthcare system that will drag you down, she said. " For too many patients, "healthcare is still broken: unaffordable, biased – and largely still based on acute care rather than prevention," he said. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS publication.

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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. It is indeed a great step towards the progressive and value-based healthcare system. Quality of Care by ACOs.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 29, 2025

What You Should Know: – Christian Healthcare Ministries (CHM) , the nation’s longest-serving health cost sharing ministry, announced today its partnering with leading tech-enabled virtual primary care physician group HealthTap to help combat rising health care costs.

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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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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 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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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

AUGUST 24, 2023

"Together, we are bringing generative AI to healthcare at scale as quickly as possible, responsibly and in partnership with providers, to address the ongoing issues affecting healthcare." Smith, senior director of digital health, told Healthcare IT News in July. Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.

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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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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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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

What You Should Know: – PointClickCare , a healthcare technology platform, and MassHealth, the Massachusetts Medicaid program launches a new Behavioral Health Treatment and Referral Platform. While Massachusetts has made progress in reducing boarding rates, many individuals still experience delays in receiving timely care.

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 24, 2024

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a new final rule today aimed at preventing information blocking in healthcare. – The final rule establishes disincentives for healthcare providers who engage in practices that interfere with a patient’s access to their electronic health information (EHI).

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Welcome to the third installment in Healthcare IT News ' latest feature series, "Health IT Investment: The Next Five Years." Over the past 18 months, telehealth has emerged as an integral component of care delivery for many institutions, said Restuccia of Penn Medicine. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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p3care

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

What is ACO (Accountable Care Organization)? ACOs, in simple terms, including a wide network of clinicians, hospitals, and other health care providers who provide coordinated high-quality services to their Medicare patients. They keep patients out of the hospitals through preventive care methods. Empower Your Operations.

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Fierce Healthcare

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

The accountable care arm of MultiCare Health System will use Tuva's open-source data platform as its enterprise data model. MultiCare Capital Partners also invested in Tuva, bringing its total funding to $6 million.

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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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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

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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