NAACOS In the News 2019
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2018 | 2017
NAACOS launches new Direct Contracting Taskforce December 12 Modern Healthcare
NAACOS: ACOs Saved Medicare $3.5 Billion From 2013 to 2017 December 3 AJMC
Momentum builds as ‘superior’ ACOs saved Medicare $3.5B, analysis finds December 3 McKnight’s Long-Term Care News
Industry Leaders Support Proposed Changes to ACO Benchmarking December 2 Rev Cycle Intelligence
CMS accepting applications for new primary care alternative payment models November 26 FierceHealthcare
Accountable care organizations results prove the future is now for value-based care November 7 Dallas Business Journal
Overcoming Obstacles to Shared Savings in a Multi-EHR ACO Consortium November 13 Healthcare Innovation
Accountable Care Organizations seem to be delivering Medicare savings October 28 NJ Biz
CMS Opens Apps for Kidney Care Model, Delays Primary Care First October 28 Rev Cycle Intelligence
CMS Releases Details of 'Primary Care First' Program October 25 Medscape
Early Reviews Positive for Proposed Stark Law, Anti-kickback Revamps HealthLeaders October 9
HHS Proposes Changes to Reform 'Stark Law' Anti-Kickback Statute MedPage Today October 9
Why Verma is now celebrating Obama-era ACOs Politico October 1
Medicare Shared Savings Program ACOs Saved $739M in 2018 Rev Cycle Intelligence October 1
NAACOS Panel Responds to HHS Inspector General Report Healthcare Innovation September 29
Forthcoming Bill Aims to Help Expand, Improve ACOs MedPage Today September 27
Providers Ask CMS Where Their 2019 Advanced APM Bonus Is Rev Cycle Intelligence September 20
ACO Participation Dipped After Pathways to Success, NAACOS Finds Rev Cycle Intelligence September 16
Calls mount for CMS to address problem of patient overlap across payment models Modern Healthcare September 7
CMS delays requirement for ACOs to notify beneficiaries Modern Healthcare August 30
NAACOS pushes for access to more Medicare data MedPage Today August 14
A dip in new arrivals of ACOs have some in the industry concerned of a new trend FierceHealthcare July 19
Fewer ACOs Join Medicare Shared Savings Program, But More Take Downside Risk HealthLeaders July 18
CMS amends quality measure calculation after ACO pushback Modern Healthcare July 12
Institute for Accountable Care Director: Home Health Providers, ACOs Need to Get on Same Page July 10 Home Health Care News
Study finds 33% of ACOs took on major risk in 2018 as new program starts Fierce Healthcare July 3
Advancing ACO Policy The ACO Show - Podcast Features NAACOS on Key Policies Affecting ACOs July 1
ACOs Generated Slight Medicare Savings from 2013 to 2016 in New Calculation Skilled Nursing News June 17
NAACOS Offers Feedback on New Direct Contracting Options Value-Based Payment News June 2019
NAACOs Calls for Wider Use of Home Health, Looser Requirements Home Health Care News June 2
Healthcare organizations ask CMS to expand Next Generation ACOs Fierce Healthcare May 31
NAACOS Leaders Ask CMMI to Respond to ACO Community Concerns Over Elements of New Direct Contracting Model Healthcare Innovation May 30
How Downside Risk Will Impact Participation in Pathways to Success Rev Cycle Intelligence May 24, 2019
Provider Groups Want to Make Next Generation ACOs Permanent Rev Cycle Intelligence May 14, 2019
Medicare ACOs could lose bonuses due to quality measure change Modern Healthcare April 5, 2019
Providers blame unpredictability for slow adoption of CMS’ risk-based models Modern Healthcare March 30
NAACOS, AAMC call for more transparency in CMS innovation payment models Fierce Healthcare March 28
Healthcare policy in 2019: A look ahead Medical Economics March 13
CHIME, NAACOS Respond to Senate HELP Committee’s RFI on Rising Healthcare Costs Healthcare Innovation March 4
CMS Pressed to Extend Deadline on Pathways to Success Applications HealthLeaders Media January 21
NAACOS and ACO Leaders Express Distress Over Just-Announced MSSP Application Deadline Healthcare Informatics January 10
Q&A: ACO Executive Expects Impacts from New Rules Healthcare Financial Management Association January 7
NAACOS Urges Details on Next-Gen Replacement Value Based Payment News January 2019
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