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Profiling ACO Success: What Drives High Performance in the Medicare Shared Savings Program?

May 3, 2021Garrett SchmittNo CommentsACOs, ACP, AWVs, Care Management, CMS, E&M, ED admissions, expenditures, IP admissions, MSSP, savings, SNFs, TCM, Transition of care

The Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) is the largest value based care program from the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to date. Since its inception in 2012, Accountable Care Organization (ACO) participation has doubled; providing care to over 10 million beneficiaries, generating $1.94 billion in total savings, and earning over $1.47 billion in…

Overcoming Transition of Care Management (TCM) Visit Challenges

August 27, 2019Garrett SchmittNo CommentsTransition of care

While there is a lot of literature written about the benefits of a transition of care management visit (TCM) for patients, practices, and ACOs, why aren’t more providers billing for these visits? Unfortunately, there are a number of challenges related to completing a successful TCM. Let’s explore the Top 5 challenges, followed by some key…