New ACO Playbook: Three Ultimate ACO Strategies To Keep Physician Practices Onboard

August 19, 2021Garrett SchmittNo CommentsACO, ACOs, consolidation, Medicare, PCPs, physician participation, physician practice, physicians, Primary Care, value-based care, value-based payment, value-based payment models, vbc

ACOs have zealously protected their favored status under Medicare Value-Based payment models, ensuring enough time for organizations to feel comfortable with financial risk and make investments in infrastructure. But if your own ACO is losing physicians to new equity-financed networks or to hospitals consolidating practices, more time does not help you. Primary care physicians are…

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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