The American Medical Group Association (AMGA) recommended several steps regarding accountable care organization (ACO) financial risk advancement in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) in a letter to CMS. CMS’ decision to defer the automatic advancement of ACOs in the MSSP and allow ACOs to remain in their current risk level of the BASIC Track’s…
Download Slides During this presentation is discussed how to better manage the more difficult individuals, and get the right people on the bus. How to identify providers that don’t fall in line Reconfiguring your network to manage partners that adversely affect ACO performance Strategies to manage difficult or un-cooperative patients Visit HealthEC Booth
Download Slides As provider organizations prepare for Pathways to Success and determine their best approaches for aligning with CMS’s accelerated risk path, ACO’s have important decisions to make in order to ensure their success under CMS’s value-based initiatives, including how to: – Determine the right performance track and when to select it – Find…
Download Slides Has your Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) ACO taken full advantage of the many waivers of federal fraud and abuse laws, such as the Stark Law and the Anti-Kickback Statute? During the webinar we will discuss the different types of waivers, what they are, which ones matter to you, how to use…
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 Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP), now in its sixth full performance year, is at a significant crossroads. In creating the MSSP, Congress envisioned that Medicare accountable care organizations (ACOs) could moderate Medicare spending and improve quality of care by providers taking greater responsibility for costs and quality. While MSSP ACOs have clearly improved the…
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…
Download Slides Recorded on 6.5.18, this webinar will be informative for those considering taking risk in an ACO, specifically Track 1 ACO’s considering moving to a risk-based model in 2019. What is covered: Risk taking in the context of MACRA The move toward ACO risk: results & analysis Financial protection for your ACO View Part…
Most accountable care organizations say they will disband if the CMS forces them to take on financial risk next year. ACOs that started in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) Track 1 in either 2012 and 2013 are supposed to move to a risk-based model by their third contract periods which begin next year, according…
Healthcare organizations have long employed various approaches to risk management to prepare for risks that are unique to healthcare delivery settings, such as adverse events that pose harm to patients, visitors, and employees. However, with the advent of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which mandates the tethering of clinical and financial operations together into value-based…
