Starts April 20th – New CMS Innovation Center Director, Elizabeth Fowler, J.D., Ph.D., is confirmed to open the NAACOS Spring Conference on April 20. Dr. Fowler is a highly-regarded health policy expert with extensive experience in federal government, philanthropy, and industry. She will update conference attendees on the latest news from CMMI.
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Here are recent reports and surveys showing us the pandemic is still and will continue to impact healthcare in every part of the industry. ACO participation reached its lowest level during previous administration. Cyber criminals continue to persist on attacks to obtain health data.
Latest announcements made from companies and organizations on hiring and appointments include the ONC, EHNAC, Cerner, Divurgent, ValueHealth, ApprioHealth, Theranica, HealthMyne, NAACOs, Velatura HIE Corp., OncoHost, Parexel, SonarMD, Discovery Health Partners, Maine Medical Center, & DrFirst.
The National Association of ACOs praises the work of congressional offices that saved important value-based payment incentives by including a provision in a year-end spending and COVID-relief bill.
More than 500 accountable care organizations, medical practices, and health systems urged leaders in Congress in a letter sent to preserve important Medicare bonuses that encourage participation in risk-bearing alternative payment models.
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation announced that 53 Direct Contracting Entities (DCEs) are participating in the Direct Contracting Model’s Implementation Period currently underway.
Attributed to Clif Gaus, Sc.D., President and CEO of the National Association of ACOs – The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission’s (MedPAC) recommendation to ignore shared savings in 2020 would devastate Medicare ACO programs.
By Gregg A. Masters, MPH – Amidst the aggressive assault on the ACA via an unrelenting but unsuccessful ‘repeal and replace‘ agenda, much conversation and debate in the health reform theater since Donald Trump was elected…
Clif Gaus, ScD, President and CEO of NAACOS, announced the Board of Directors of the newly launched Institute for Accountable Care, a 501(c)(3) organization.