Download Slides The future is bright for value-based care, but we also need to be aware of the often overlooked challenges that can make or break your organization’s success. Join Credo Chief Commercial Officer Brigham Hamlin for a round table discussion with several leading healthcare executives. They’ll discuss the challenges and opportunities that are…
Accountable Care Organizations in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ ACO Reach program achieved $1.54 billion in gross savings and $694.6 million in net savings in 2023, CMS has announced. The National Association of ACOs (NAACOS) has responded by advocating for an extension of the federal program. Net savings to ACOs were $948.4 million…
Formerly U.S. Medical Management, the home-based care company HarmonyCare raised $200 million in June. On Wednesday, it touted its success in the Accountable Care Organization (ACO) “REACH” Model, the successor to the The Global and Professional Direct Contracting Models (GPDC). Put forth by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), ACO REACH gives private…
Health care leaders emphasized the need for collaboration, data standardization, and an iterative, patient-centric approach to advance value-based care (VBC) during a panel discussion at the Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare (CAQH) Connect 2024 in Washington, DC. The discussion, titled “Value Based Care: The Next Evolution,” included panelists Todd Couts, MS, deputy director of the…
Among the nation’s 453 ACOs, Providence’s Health Connect Partners generated the highest shared savings for Medicare in 2023 with $137 million saved through its senior program. After accounting for shared savings and losses, 132 ACOs collectively generated nearly $695 million in net savings, according to CMS and the National Association of ACOs. In 2023, Medicare…
Palliative care providers that form collaborative partnerships with Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) may be lending to a landmark downward trend in health care spending in the value-based payment landscape. The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced that its Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) yielded more than $2.1 billion net savings in…
In 2023, the 132 participants in the ACO REACH model generated $1.6 billion in gross savings and $695 million in net savings after accounting for shared savings and losses, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. NAACOS, the National Association of Accountable Care Organizations, congratulated the ACO REACH participants, while urging CMS to…
The healthcare industry is slowly moving away from fee-for-service care models and toward value-based care — but contracting in these arrangements remains especially difficult for behavioral health providers, according to Taft Parsons III, chief psychiatric officer at CVS Health/Aetna. He highlighted this issue during a panel discussion on Tuesday at the Behavioral Health Tech conference…
The healthcare industry is slowly moving away from fee-for-service care models and toward value-based care — but contracting in these arrangements remains especially difficult for behavioral health providers, according to Taft Parsons III, chief psychiatric officer at CVS Health/Aetna. He highlighted this issue during a panel discussion on Tuesday at the Behavioral Health Tech conference…
The 2025 CMS PFS Rule landed with a bang, and it’s not just the weight of the 3,088 pages. We’re one year closer to 2030, the year that CMS intends to have all Traditional Medicare patients in a relationship with a clinician who is accountable for total cost of care. The push to the finish…
In Spring 2023, AMA President Dr. Jack Resneck, Jr. sat before the Senate Finance Committee and discussed the critical state of physician directories, which are, by all accounts, riddled with inaccurate data. To demonstrate, on the morning of the hearing, the committee’s chair, Senator Ron Wyden, released the results of a study in which phone…
U.S. health care is moving steadily towards value-based reimbursement, and having a robust palliative care program can help hospices ensure they are not left behind. The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is working to ensure that 100% of Medicare beneficiaries are aligned with a risk-based payment model by 2030. This can include…