The Biden administration needs to provide money upfront to help form accountable care organizations in rural areas and give more financial support to address health equity, a new report finds. The National Association of ACOs (NAACOS) released a white paper Wednesday that outlines a series of recommendations to better position organizations to help address health…
The healthcare system is at a critical point in its transition to value-based care a decade after implementation of the Affordable Care Act and its Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), according to CMMI’s newly minted director Liz Fowler, PhD, JD. “The goal [of the ACA] was to create a system that rewards better…
The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) remains committed to moving the health care system towards value-based care in the early years of the Biden Administration, though the center’s leadership is doing some soul-searching on how best to pursue its mission, according to CMMI’s new director Liz Fowler. Fowler made her first public remarks…
The Global and Professional Direct Contracting Model — a Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) creation — has been put on pause. The holdup is just another example of CMMI pumping the brakes on an alternative payment model in the days since the Biden administration took over the executive branch. Broadly, the Global and…
Newly confirmed Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra needs to reverse a slide in participation among accountable care organizations, the National Association of ACOs (NAACOS) said. The advocacy group wrote in a letter to Becerra on Monday that HHS should also set a national goal to have the majority of Medicare beneficiaries within an ACO…
Bolstering the ACA and addressing healthcare inequities perhaps through Medicaid waivers may top the agenda. Experts see a continuation of support of ACOs and growth in enrollment in Medicare Advantage plans. During President Donald Trump’s time in office, Seema Verma headed the CMS, and carried out Trump’s mission of defunding the ACA health insurance exchanges and…