CMS Moves Closer to Accountable Care Goals with 2025 ACO Initiatives

January 22, 2025acoNo CommentsData, data collection, health data, health disparties, health equity, health IT, healthcare data, SDOH, social determinants of health, standardized data collection

CMS has made substantial progress on its goal for all people with Traditional Medicare to be in a care relationship with accountability for quality and total cost of care by 2030. As of January 2025, 53.4% of people with Traditional (fee-for-service) Medicare are in an accountable care relationship with a provider. This represents more than…

Health Equity and Health Disparities: The Role of Health IT and the Need to Standardize Data Collection

November 4, 2021Garrett SchmittNo CommentsData, data collection, health data, health disparties, health equity, health IT, healthcare data, SDOH, social determinants of health, standardized data collection

Health disparities are a long-standing challenge in the United States and worldwide. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic and its higher impact on vulnerable and marginalized groups, more attention is being directed towards achieving health equity. With a focus on the relationship between health, social factors, and their role in public health, researchers, policy makers…

Medicare ACOs Facing Multiple Changes and Challenges

July 6, 2021Garrett SchmittNo CommentsACOs, Alternative Payment Model Performance Pathway, APMs, CMS, data collection, EHRs, Medicare, Medicare ACOs, Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, MedPAC, MSSP, Nextgen, rural glitch

Doctors in accountable care organizations (ACOs), and those thinking of starting or joining one, have had their hands full keeping up with changes in the way Medicare is administering them. ACOs are groups of doctors, hospitals, and/or other healthcare providers that work together with a goal of providing better care at lower cost. As part…

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