RECORDED WEBINAR: Best Value-Based Care Strategies PT 2: Controlling Specialty Patient Care Costs and Total Costs for Negotiating Leverage

May 13, 2025acoNo CommentsACO reporting, ACOs, APP, APP measures, eCQM, vbc, Webinar

 Download Slides Best Value-Based Care Strategies for A Cost-Focused Future Provider strategies for Value-Based Care participation will be significantly different under the new federal administration’s cost cutting agenda. Along with changes in Medicare Advantage’s position in the new CMS vision of Value-Based Care, there are fewer payment models and hints of other changes to come….

RECORDED WEBINAR: Conquering Readmissions: Proven Strategies and the Power of Digital Health in Value-Based Models

May 7, 2025acoNo CommentsACO reporting, ACOs, APP, APP measures, eCQM, vbc, Webinar

 Download Slides Hospital readmissions represent a significant challenge and cost burden for Value-Based Care Organizations. This webinar will delve into practical and effective strategies specifically designed to minimize avoidable readmissions. We will emphasize the crucial role of proactive transition of care, the strategic integration of virtual care technologies, and robust patient engagement strategies in…

RECORDED WEBINAR: Best Value-Based Care Strategies PT 1: Strategically Managing Your VBC Program w/ MA/ACO & Changes in Payment Models

May 6, 2025acoNo CommentsACO reporting, ACOs, APP, APP measures, eCQM, vbc, Webinar

 Download Slides Best Value-Based Care Strategies for A Cost-Focused Future Provider strategies for Value-Based Care participation will be significantly different under the new federal administration’s cost cutting agenda. Along with changes in Medicare Advantage’s position in the new CMS vision of Value-Based Care, there are fewer payment models and hints of other changes to come….

RECORDED WEBINAR: Running Into the Federal Health Care Budget Crisis: Can Value-Based Care Save You?

March 18, 2025acoNo CommentsACO reporting, ACOs, APP, APP measures, eCQM, vbc, Webinar

 Download Slides Cuts in the federal budget might be like running into a buzz saw for your health care finances. For academic systems, loss of indirect costs of research alone could wipe out 30% or more of the bottom line. Along with that, proposed changes in Medicaid, elimination of medical debt money, and redirection…

RECORDED WEBINAR: Are You Sabotaging Your ACO Viability?

January 28, 2025acoNo CommentsACO reporting, ACOs, APP, APP measures, eCQM, vbc, Webinar

 Download Slides Cost control has been one of the central objectives of Value-Based Care. Providers in ACOs and other APMs are participating in a variety of payment models with a cost control objective that is sometimes seen as secondary to other objectives. Under the upcoming politics of less government and less regulation, however, cost…

RECORDED WEBINAR: Are You a Latecomer ACO to APP Reporting? Your Last Minute Options

October 22, 2024acoNo CommentsACO reporting, ACOs, APP, APP measures, eCQM, vbc, Webinar

 Download Slides If you aren’t prepared for APP Reporting because you still think that you can duck APP Reporting with a revised Final Rule, don’t put money on it!  You’ve lost a lot of lead time, but you still have options for APP Reporting.  It’s time for weighing last minute options to meet requirements with the most economical and efficient APP…

New ACO Playbook: How To Supercharge Your ACO

October 20, 2021Garrett SchmittNo Commentsaccountable care, ACO, ACO Growth, ACO Performance Pathways, ACO success, ACOs, APP, Data, data sufficiency, Episodes of Care, patients, physicians

Throughout the last decade of ACO development, many have struggled to identify what actually makes ACOs successful. Analyses have been fraught with conflicting conclusions. Studies have tagged type of ownership (hospital-based vs. physician-led), geographic region or urban-rural factors, primary-care-only versus specialty participation, ACO payment model type, patient volume, and operations strategies as links to success…

Shared Savings ACOs get a year off from electronic clinical quality measures

July 26, 2021Garrett SchmittNo CommentsAPP, APP measures, CAHPS, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathways

After their first year of using the Alternative Payment Model (APM) Performance Pathway (APP) reporting method, participants in the Shared Savings program are spared further challenges as CMS delays the full transition to electronic clinical quality measures (eCQM) and MIPS clinical quality measures (MIPS CQM) and scales back some program requirements. Last year, participants in…

The Real Registry Advantage For ACOs Reporting Via APP: 5 Myths Debunked

June 2, 2021Garrett SchmittNo CommentsAlternate Payment Model Performance Pathway, APP, eCQMs, EHR reporting, EHRs, MIPS, QRDA, Quality Reporting

The clock is winding down on the CMS Web Interface, and the reality of mandatory quality reporting via the Alternate Payment Model Performance Pathway (APP) for ACOs in 2022 is setting in. In order for ACOs to develop and execute their APP quality reporting plan in time to avoid catastrophe, it’s imperative to begin evaluating…

New ACO Playbook: To Show Standout Performance, ACOs Must Rethink Quality

May 24, 2021Garrett SchmittNo CommentsAAPMs, ACOs, APM Performance Pathway, APP, CMS, Data, MIPS, physician participation, quality care, quality measurement, Quality Reporting

The health care media are full of articles asserting that ACOs have proven their mettle in delivering health care of highest quality. Citing ACO quality reporting results, CMS and advocates point to the majority of ACOs passing CMS quality standards, and that ACOs are improving their results on quality measures over time. The vast majority…

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