The ACO Specialist Manual is a strategic guide to getting the optimum value-add contributions from each medical specialty in integrated health care. For purposes of this Manual, the teams are generally termed accountable care...more
With CMS’s continued “regulatory sprint to coordinated care,” the new Medicare Shared Savings Program regulations expand the playing field for ACOs to offer beneficiary incentive programs to encourage healthy outcomes. Termed...more
A live webinar presented by Smith Anderson health care lawyers Julian "Bo" Bobbitt, Robert Shaw and Shawn Parker.
On December 21, 2018, CMS published “Pathways to Success,” the final rules overhauling Medicare’s ACO...more
Our Secret Weapon and Our Biggest Disappointment -
In our last column, we highlighted the Rio Grande Valley Health Alliance, an accountable care organization in McAllen, Tex., composed of 14 independent primary care...more
While concepts and theories can go a long way, sometimes the best way to understand something is through a concrete example. So, from time to time, ACO Insider will check in on a new accountable care organization composed of...more
With ever more data demonstrating that patient-centered medical homes are the core of successful Accountable Care Organizations (ACO), it’s becoming clear that primary care physicians can have a meaningful role in the...more
It’s no secret that payment for health care services is moving away from a fee-for-service world that rewards volume towards new value-based models that encourage higher quality and more efficient care. Perhaps no value-based...more