
2022
VBC Newsstand 5/20/2022
Featured Articles:
- Value-based care creating a new era of interoperability
- Considerations for Social Determinants of Health Screening Design
- Medicare Shared Savings Program: Celebrating 10 Years and Looking Forward to the Future
- ACO REACH And Advancing Equity Through Value-Based Payment, Part 1
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VBC Newsstand 4/15/2022
Featured Articles:
- Everybody’s Talking About Value-Based Health Care. Here’s What They’re Not Saying.
- Nurses are Burned Out. Can Quality Measures Help?
- Implement Pharmacy Performance Measures for Value-Based Care
- Legal and payer changes focus on addressing social determinants of health
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VBC Newsstand 3/25/2022
Featured Articles:
- A Typology For Health Equity Measures
- Sneak Peek into the Post-Acute Care Industry Trend Report
- HIMSS 2022: Health equity, transformation, Michael Phelps, Scott Pelley, and other highlights
- Most doctors have patients affected by social drivers but feel ill-equipped to address them, survey finds
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VBC Newsstand 3/18/2022
Featured Articles:
- Value-Based Contracting: At an Inflection Point?
- Why Understanding Risk Scoring in the ACO REACH Model is Critical For Success
- Small Practice Participation and Performance in Medicare Accountable Care Organizations
- Hospital Populations Do Not Reflect Communities, Imperil Health Equity
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VBC Newsstand 2/25/2022
Featured Articles:
- CMS overhauls Direct Contracting model to include new requirements on governance, health equity in 2023
- Seven Key Strategies For Health Systems And ACOs To Attract And Engage Consumers
- What the Pandemic Taught Us About Value-based Care
- Provider Collaboration Needed to Drive Patient Experience, ACO Success
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VBC Newsstand 2/18/2022
Featured Articles:
- Healthcare Groups Plead with HHS’ Becerra to Retain Direct Contracting Model
- Trends in Characteristics of Fee-For-Service Medicare and Medicare Advantage Enrollees
- Podcast: NAACOS Health Policy Update and the Rumored Cancellation of the GPDC Model, with Allison Brennan
- Do Patient Navigators Close Racial Disparities in Primary Care Access?
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VBC Newsstand 2/4/2022
Featured Articles:
- Will Consumers Derail Your Value-Based Care Success?
- Raising the Bar: Using Primary Care Practice Standards to Advance Health Equity in Medicaid
- Use of Electronic Health Record Systems in Accountable Care Organizations
- Along with rate increase for MA plans, CMS pitches closer look at social determinants of health
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VBC Newsstand 1/28/2022
Featured Articles:
- The Case For ACOs: Why Payment Reform Remains Necessary
- How to Use Longitudinal Patient Data to Create a Better Continuum of Care
- Which digital health sectors led VC investment in 2021
- Examining the value-based care approach: How improved data models and analysis can remedy inequities
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VBC Newsstand 1/14/2022
Featured Articles:
- CMS Officials Make Major Statement on Health Equity, Referencing Role of Value-Based Care
- Waves of Pandemic Incite Soaring Demand for Population Health Technology and Analytics Solutions, Black Book 2022 User Survey
- 5 Behavioral Health Trends for 2022
- Medicare Direct Contracting Demo Garners Critics and Defenders
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VBC Newsstand 1/7/2022
Featured Articles:
- Improving Risk Prediction for Chronic Disease Management
- How Payers Are Linking Community-Based And Value-Based Care To Strengthen Outcomes And Equity
- What CMMI’s director told us about mandatory payment models, ACOs, and more
- Favorite Quotes of the Year: Health Equity Edition
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2021
ACO Newsstand 12/17/2021
Featured Articles:
- Why value-based administration is key to value-based care
- LAN survey: 40% of health payments tied to alternative payment models in 2020
- Power and Participation: How Community Health Centers Address the Determinants of the Social Determinants of Health
- Value-Based Care Driving Efforts to Improve Patient Access
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ACO Newsstand 12/3/2021
Featured Articles:
- 4 Key Use Cases for Patient Data Access, Patient Portals
- Accountable Care Organization & Direct Contracting Entity Survey
- FLAACOS 2021 VBC PANEL SURVEY: A Summary of ACOExhibitHall.com Advisory Board Responses
- How a pandemic shines a brighter light on the need for SDoH innovation
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ACO Newsstand 11/26/2021
Featured Articles:
- Achieving Racial and Ethnic Equity in U.S. Health Care: A Scorecard of State Performance
- Benchmark Report Sneak Peek: 2022 Post-Acute ACO Partnerships in Focus
- Choosing the Appropriate Provider or Practice Group for Referrals
- Health Systems Set Sights on Risk-Based Payment in Medicare Advantage
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ACO Newsstand 11/19/2021
Featured Articles:
- 62% of Consumers Unfamiliar with Value-Based Care, Study Finds
- Building a Value-Based Pharmacy Performance Program
- Small primary care practices that received training in quality measures to enhance care improved patient outcomes
- 5 ways health plans are addressing health equity
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ACO Newsstand 11/12/2021
Featured Articles:
- The 2022 CMS PFS And QPP Final Rule: A Warning Shot To Provider Holdouts Of Value-Based APMs
- New Kid On The Block: Remote Therapeutic Monitoring To Make Its Way Into CMS 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
- Health Equity and Health Disparities: The Role of Health IT and the Need to Standardize Data Collection
- Normalized Data: What It Is and Why You Need It
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ACO Newsstand 10/22/2021
Featured Articles:
- Downside Risk Pays Off: 4 Best Practices for High ACO Performance
- Analysis: How COVID-19 Vaccination Rates Vary Across Different Communities
- Who is Generation C and how will healthcare adapt to meet their expectations?
- Population Health and Data Analytics Strategies for Value-Based Care
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ACO Newsstand 10/15/2021
Featured Articles:
- ACOs Angling for a Bigger Role in Health Equity
- Healthcare at the Crossroads: Value-Based Care and Interoperability
- Acknowledging Economic Stability as a Primary Social Determinant of Health
- Medicare Advantage, Direct Contracting, And The Medicare ‘Money Machine,’ Part 2: Building On The ACO Model
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ACO Newsstand 10/8/2021
Featured Articles:
- New ACO Playbook: Seven Keys To Expanding ACO Savings—And Market Share
- What is Utilization Management?
- CMMI director hints at shift away from payment models for every episode of care, specialties
- Medicare Advantage, Direct Contracting, And The Medicare ‘Money Machine,’ Part 1: The Risk-Score Game
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ACO Newsstand 9/17/2021
Featured Articles:
- Developing value-based virtual partnerships: What health plans should know
- CMS Releases 2020 MSSP ACO Results, Marking Fourth Consecutive Year of Net Savings to Medicare
- Gottlieb: COVID-19’s Lasting Effects on Healthcare Delivery
- Healthcare leaders share lessons learned addressing social determinants of health
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ACO Newsstand 9/3/2021
Featured Articles:
- Cost Savings Aren’t The Only Objective For ACOs: Growth Matters, Too
- 5 Ways Value-based Care Organizations Use Healthcare Data to Improve Outcomes & Attract Patients
- What ACOs should do now that CMS won’t extend the Next Gen ACO model through 2022
- Study: Private consultancies can influence hospital participation in CMS bundled payments model
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ACO Newsstand 8/20/2021
Featured Articles:
- Value-Based Care Assessment: The First Step to Value-Based Care
- The role of CINs in securing Value-Based Contracts
- How to Add, Pay Community-Based Organizations in Value-based Care Contracts
- Study: Private consultancies can influence hospital participation in CMS bundled payments model
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ACO Newsstand 8/13/2021
Featured Articles:
- The Fundamentals of Medicare Advantage Star Rating Methodology
- Using Healthcare Analytics to Understand & Optimize Physician Referrals at the Point of Care
- ACO Participation May Keep SNFs ‘In the Game’
- Use Value-Based Payment To Resolve The Debate About Telehealth Payment Parity
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ACO Newsstand 8/6/2021
Featured Articles:
- Shared Savings ACOs get a year off from electronic clinical quality measures
- Five Important Health Care Trends That Consumers Should Track
- Increase in Medicare Advantage Activity to Address Social Determinants of Health, But Barriers Still Remain
- The Missing Ingredient in Your Hospital’s Social Determinants Initiative
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ACO Newsstand 7/16/2021
Featured Articles:
- New ACO Playbook: 3 Approaches To Scale Up Data Sufficiency For Value-Based Care
- Healthcare Is Not Equal for All – We Need Population Health 4.0
- CMS Needs to Rethink How Medicare Assesses Quality
- Using advanced analytics to look at the ‘whole person’ for better value-based care delivery
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ACO Newsstand 6/11/2021
Featured Articles:
- Building a social determinants of health strategy: data is the key
- A Decade of Value-Based Payment: Lessons Learned And Implications For The Center For Medicare And Medicaid Innovation, Part 1
- Lawmakers call for CMMI to be more transparent and accountable as model review continues
- Why should payers and employers care about community care networks?
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ACO Newsstand 6/4/2021
Featured Articles:
- Value-Based Contracting 101: Preparing, Negotiating, and Succeeding
- Community health worker support reduces 30-day readmission among high-risk ACO patients
- The Real Registry Advantage For ACOs Reporting Via APP: 5 Myths Debunked
- Working 9-to-3: Addressing the social determinants of aging
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ACO Newsstand 5/28/2021
Featured Articles:
- New ACO Playbook: To Show Standout Performance, ACOs Must Rethink Quality
- How value-based care can support the growing mental and behavioral health need
- CMS won’t extend the Next Generation ACO Model through 2022
- Time To Set Aside The Term ‘Low-Value Care’—Focus On Achieving High-Value Care For All
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ACO Newsstand 5/21/2021
Featured Articles:
- ABCs of VBC: CMS Value-Based Initiatives – A Current Review and Future Perspective
- The Move to Value-Based Care Takes a Pandemic Pause
- Why PCPs Should Focus on Coding and Documentation in Value-Based Care Programs
- Using Novel Data Sources To Inform Care Management During And After The Pandemic
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ACO Newsstand 5/7/2021
Featured Articles:
- New ACO Playbook: Can Coordination Of Care Save Enough Money To Save ACOs?
- In Providers’ Words: What’s Working and What’s Not in Value-Based Care Today
- Knowing SDOH is Good Medicine
- How to Avoid Falling From Grace: Strategies for MA Plans to Sustain & Improve Performance
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ACO Newsstand 4/16/2021
Featured Articles:
- Population Health Still At Odds With Fee-For-Service
- Provider Perceptions of Pharmacists in Primary Care–Based Accountable Care Organizations
- Reinventing Community-Based Healthcare Delivery in a Value-Based Landscape
- To Sustain The Value Movement, Make Next Generation ACOs A Permanent Option
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ACO Newsstand 4/9/2021
Featured Articles:
- 5 Value-Based Behavioral Health Strategies For ACOs And Medical Group Models
- The shift to value-based care has accelerated in the wake of the pandemic
- CMS Delays CHART Model’s ACO Transformation Track
- MedPAC calls for fewer pay models, cutting Medicare Advantage spending
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ACO Newsstand 1/29/2021
Featured Articles:
- ACO Participation Hits New Low as Biden Administration Takes Over
- Skilled Nursing Facilities Lack Enhanced Patient Data Sharing
- Billing, antitrust exemption changes upend negotiations between insurers and providers
- NAACOS Warns Policymakers Over Slowing ACO Participation in the MSSP Program
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ACO Newsstand 1/22/2021
Featured Articles:
- Next Generation ACOs Saved Medicare $558M in 2019
- CMS Issues Guidance for Medicaid and CHIP Programs Regarding Social Determinants of Health
- ACO participation reaches new low as advocates press Biden for major changes
- Re-thinking Alternative Care Models and Value-based Care
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2020
ACO Newsstand 12/18/2020
ACO Newsstand 12/18/2020
ACO Newsstand 12/11/2020
ACO Newsstand 12/4/2020
Featured Articles:
- A New Elephant is in the ACO Waiting Room: It is Following the Money
- HHS’s Efforts to Reduce Prescription Drug Prices and Transition to Value-Based Care – Part 1: CMS and OIG Issue a Series of Final Rules
- Five Strategies To Help ACOs And Independent Specialists Create Common Ground On Data Sharing
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ACO Newsstand 11/20/2020
ACO Newsstand 11/6/2020
ACO Newsstand 10/23/2020
ACO Newsstand 10/2/2020
ACO Newsstand 9/25/2020
ACO Newsstand 9/18/2020
ACO Newsstand 8/14/2020
ACO Newsstand 8/7/2020
ACO Newsstand 7/31/2020
ACO Newsstand 7/24/2020
ACO Newsstand 6/26/2020
ACO Newsstand 6/19/2020
ACO Newsstand 5/29/2020
ACO Newsstand 5/15/2020
ACO Newsstand 5/8/2020
ACO Newsstand 5/1/2020
ACO Newsstand 4/24/2020
Featured Articles:
- Maintaining Progress Toward Accountable Care And Payment Reform During A Pandemic, Part 2: Immediate Issues And Short-Term Actions
- Impact of COVID-19 on Accountable Care Organizations Short-Term and Long-Term
- Stretched To The Limit By COVID-19, Will Providers Get Relief From Medicare Value-Based Programs?
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ACO Newsstand 4/17/2020
Featured Articles:
- MedPAC Urges CMS to Drop Pandemic-Skewed 2020 ACO Benchmarks
- Maintaining Progress Toward Accountable Care And Payment Reform During A Pandemic, Part 1: Utilization And Financial Impact
- Survey Predicts Massive Defection from MSSP; NAACOS Calls for Hold-Harmless on COVID-19-Related Losses
- Could coronavirus derail the decades-long shift to value-based care?
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ACO Newsstand 4/3/2020
Featured Articles:
- COVID-19 Health Policy Updates
- What providers need to know about CMS’ recent changes to Medicare quality payment programs
- Bridging the EHR Divide. Helping ACOs and CINs Overcome Communication Challenges
- Benchmarking ACO Network Utilization: Lessons Learned in Network Design and Performance
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ACO Newsstand 3/13/2020
Featured Articles:
- CMS releases Key Dates for Direct Contracting Payment Models for Direct Contracting Payment Models
- MedPAC: There’s Room For Specialists in ACOs, But No Savings
- “HIMSS20 Has Been Canceled, but We Haven’t!”
- 25% of Provider Organization Revenues Tied To Value-Based Payments
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ACO Newsstand 3/6/2020
Featured Articles:
- ACO Path To Viability: Direct Contracting May Be The Opportunity
- Alternative Payment Models Save, But Drop-Out Rate Still a Concern
- Implementing Value-Based Reimbursement in Behavioral Healthcare
- Humana launches value-based program aimed at the social determinants of health
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ACO Newsstand 2/21/2020
Featured Articles:
- CMS needs to provide more support to small, physician-led ACOs or risk drop-outs: report
- ACOs Lack Data On Patient Social Needs, Community Partners
- Want to Increase Docs’ ACO Participation? Start With an ‘Upside Only’ Arrangement
- Are ACOs Successful in Integrating Social Services with Medical Care?
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ACO Newsstand 2/14/2020
Featured Articles:
- CMS needs to provide more support to small, physician-led ACOs or risk drop-outs: report
- ACOs Lack Data On Patient Social Needs, Community Partners
- CMS Loosens Restrictions on Telehealth for Certain Shared-Risk ACOs
- Researchers: Significant Return on Investment Found in Use of Community Health Workers
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ACO Newsstand 2/7/2020
Featured Articles:
- ACOs Warn Future of Next Gen Program Appears Bleak
- Upstream With A Small Paddle: How ACOs Are Working Against The Current To Meet Patients’ Social Needs
- How ACOs are Integrating Social Determinants of Health in Practice
- AMGA: Advancing Value-Based Care Hinges on Claims Data Access
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ACO Newsstand 1/31/2020
Featured Articles:
- Is Medicare Direct Contracting the right fit for your organization?
- 5 Population Health Management Challenges Facing ACOs
- Patient Engagement Key in Consumer-Centric Healthcare Models
- What’s Behind the Huge Analytics Disconnect in Healthcare? Evidence of a Lag in Leveraging Data Is Mounting
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ACO Newsstand 1/17/2020
Featured Articles:
- Number Of ACOs Taking Downside Risk Doubles Under ‘Pathways To Success’
- Performance Year 2020 Medicare Shared Savings Program Accountable Care Organizations
- Next Gen ACOs aren’t lowering hospital spending: 5 things to know
- Industry Voices-Building it right from the beginning: Measuring the impact of SDOH interventions