In this webinar, Ms. Theresa Hush discusses the following followed by a Q&A session: How the Value-Based Market is shaping up to compete between Medicare Advantage, ACOs, Primary Care First practices and Direct Contracting Groups What represents “true competition” for ACOs, versus disadvantages? · What brand or other competitive advantages does Direct Contracting have…
Accountable care organizations (ACOs) are an increasingly dominant feature of the health care delivery system. As of the third quarter of 2019, nearly 1,000 ACOs covered approximately 44 million lives in the United States. Evidence regarding Medicare ACOs and their commercial counterparts indicates these models can achieve savings while meeting quality standards, although savings amounts vary by ACO…
HHS on Monday launched an ambitious, double-pronged strategy to shift primary care from fee-for-service payments to a global fee model where clinicians and hospitals could assume varying amounts of risk. HHS Secretary Alex Azar told a crowd of stakeholders at the American Medical Association in Washington that the CMS projects the new voluntary programs will…
A group of doctors on Thursday said they have the path forward to help the CMS launch a direct provider contracting (DPC) model. America’s Physician Groups, an association of medical groups, submitted a so-called “third option” proposal, where a provider network would receive Medicare funds up front to manage their patients’ care. The suggestion came…