ACO Execs Describe Painful Transition to eCQM Reporting

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On Oct. 1, at the NAACOS Fall 2021 Conference, executives from three accountable care organizations described the daunting road ahead in transitioning to the submission of electronic clinical quality measures (eCQMs) to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. After receiving strong feedback from ACOs about how challenging (and expensive) the transition to eCQMS would…

Should we do away with ACOs? The answer depends on who you ask

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Though accountable care organizations have been around for more than a decade, their effectiveness at reducing healthcare costs remains a highly debated issue, prompting impassioned condemnations and defenses from experts in the industry. A new study has stirred up the pot once again. The goal of ACOs, that is, entities that take responsibility for the quality and…