The Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) is the largest value based care program from the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to date. Since its inception in 2012, Accountable Care Organization (ACO) participation has doubled; providing care to over 10 million beneficiaries, generating $1.94 billion in total savings, and earning over $1.47 billion in…
Download Slides Over 30 million US citizens are members of an ACO. While ACOs have strong incentives to adopt advance care planning (ACP) for long-term success, one out of five ACOs have few or no end-of-life processes in place. Although ACP can be difficult to coordinate across various care settings, there are processes that…
It was my first bereavement group meeting. One after another, people recounted heart-wrenching tales full of tears, anger, regret and loneliness over the loss of their spouse. Their partners had died in hospitals, with medical personnel trying to work miracles right up to the bitter end. They did not feel good about their spouses’ medical…