Care coordination is a major opportunity for improving costs, quality and satisfaction, as illustrated on the graph below. Source: Identifying and Quantifying the Cost of Uncoordinated Care: ...

In a letter to CMS, America’s Health Insurance Plans, representing the health insurance industry, recommended federal regulators place a series of extra requirements on accountable care organizations.

On March 31, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposed new regulations for accountable care organizations. While they are complex – in excess of 400 pages in length – it is also clear that ...

Federal health, trade and anti-trust agencies on Thursday released their long-awaited set of final rules governing accountable care organizations, with major concessions to the original plan that had ...

Accountable care organizations (ACOs) face unique burdens to comply with CMS’s new quality reporting requirements as summarized in this 2021 MedCity News article. Challenges are particularly acute for ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) quietly released changes to the ACO REACH Model, prompting one industry group to react to the modifications. The National Association of ACOs (NAACOS ...

The American Society of Anesthesiologists recently submitted a letter to the Federal Trade Commission in response to its proposed statement of antitrust enforcement policy regarding ACOs, according to ...

LOWELL, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Persivia, a provider of real-time quality and care management solutions, announced today that Prime Healthcare ACO has successfully reported on all their quality ...