Skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) get some insight into the selection process used by Medicare accountable care organizations (ACOs). Some of the coordination strategies include home visit programs and the exchange of data between primary care and emergency departments.
The strategies are outlined in a new Centers for Medicare and...National News
Published November 1, 2018, the rule updates payment policies, payment rates, and quality provisions for services furnished under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) on or after January 1, 2019.
Physician payment rates are relatively flat with a 5-cent bump, year-over-year (YOY), but doctors will spend less time during visits...National News
The National Association of ACOs (NAACOS) Fall 2018 conference kicked off with a discussion about MSSP ACOs relationships with private payers.
The strategy is payer-neutral - take care of patients regardless of the payer.
According to NAACOS more than 20 million lives are covered under commercial Medicare and Medicaid, and a...Arizona News
Year-over-year (YOY), SHP doubled its earned shared savings and is the only Arizona MSSP ACO to receive a check from CMS for 2016 performance.
With a steady beneficiary pool of around 19,000 YOY, Scottsdale Health Partners generated savings of nearly $19 million, earned nearly $9 million in shared savings and received an overall...National News
Survey in Health Affairs shows 50 percent of participants could be losing money without knowing it
The publication surveyed 1,400 physicians participating in three traditional Medicare ACO models: Pioneer, MSSP and Advance Payment, between September 2014 and April 2015.
Nearly 50 percent of physicians in two of the models were...
