Accountable Care
The interim rule is extending the mitigation of shared losses back to January 2020.
Participation in the new COVID-19 clinical trials improvement activity carries a high weight from a scoring perspective.
NAACOS and others want CMS to hold harmless providers participating in alternative payment models from performance-related penalties for 2020.
Lack of information on key financing aspects is preventing ACOs from signing on, says NAACOS president.
Decreasing the percentage of primary care delivered out-of-network across all ACOs by 0.1% could save Medicare $45 million a year.
In addition to providing patients with higher quality at a lower cost, we must get better at identifying payment models that reward physicians in the value-based environment, says David Grauer, senior VP at Health Catalyst.
Healthbox President Neil Patel says healthcare organizations worldwide should be developing innovation strategies and adopting new technologies to survive in a value-based world.
The numbers for MSSP participation starting this month are an important measure of ACO willingness to take downside risk.
The shift happening in healthcare is similar to trends in personal wealth management, with beneficiaries assuming greater control.
This model is part of a strategy to use the redesign of primary care as a platform to drive broader healthcare delivery system reform.