Download Slides In this webinar we will cover the following topics: What is Blue Button data? Using Direct Messaging How EHR Connector and APIs align more effectively with referral providers within the ACO What is FHIR Visit Health Endeavors
Download Pathways to Success Planning Matrix Download Slide Deck Covered in this 60 minute webinar: NOIA & Application Timeline Pathways to Success – overview Alex Azar & Seema Verma on risk ACO Alternatives How to achieve Shared Savings and more….
Download Slides Each year, CMS sets cost benchmarks for every Medicare member based on the patients’ demographics and diagnoses during the assessment period. But what if the physician didn’t report their patients’ diagnoses accurately or specifically? The result is often benchmarks that are set appropriately low based on the information provided by the physician, and…
The past year saw multiple developments that could affect payment reform—a new administration was getting up to speed, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was debated and its implementation modified through legislative and regulatory changes, and questions were raised about the future of alternative payment models. Despite this, implementation of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization…
CMS issued a proposed rule Aug. 9 that would make sweeping changes to the Medicare Shared Savings Program, including overhauling the way ACOs share in risks and rewards. Here are seven things to know about the proposed rule: 1. The redesigned program — which CMS has dubbed “Pathways to Success” — would expand ACO participation…
For many years we have heard health care policymakers from both political parties opine about the need to move to a health care system that pays for the value of care delivered to patients, rather than the mere volume of services. While disagreements may arise on how we get to value, the need for this…
The CMS wants to eliminate zero and low-risk tracks for accountable care organizations to more quickly move them to downside risk. The agency announced Thursday that it is planning to overhaul the Medicare Shared Savings Program by scrapping Track 1 and Track 2 and will launch a Basic track that provides a smaller window for…
ABSTRACT: Objectives: Accountable care organizations (ACOs) are groups of healthcare providers responsible for quality of care and spending for a defined patient population. The elimination of low-value medical services will improve quality and reduce costs and, therefore, ACOs should actively work to reduce the use of low-value services. We set out to identify ACO characteristics…
Roughly 20 percent of the United States population lives in rural areas. Despite this, rural America faces a number of health-related challenges, some of which are structural, while some are related to regional differences in health and health care in this country. Compounding these issues, incomes are lower and poverty rates are higher in many…
Download Slides This is Part 2 of a two part series and was recorded on 6/19/2018. As with Part 1, this webinar will be informative for those considering taking risk in an ACO, specifically Track 1 ACOs considering moving to a risk-based model in 2019. What was covered in this session: The standoff between…
