On February 24, the Centers for Medicare and Medicare Services (CMS) gave a long-awaited announcement regarding the future of the Global and Professional Direct Contracting Model (GPDC). The existing model will phase out by December 31, 2022 and will be redesigned to create the Accountable Care Organization Realizing Equity, Access and...National News
Last week, the National Association of ACOs (NAACOS) sent a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requesting leniency regarding performance benchmarks and the potential option for accountable care organizations to select pre-pandemic years as the basis for benchmark measurements. Additionally, CMS announced the...Arizona News
Last Wednesday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced a new payment model that will use upfront and capitated payments for accountable care organizations (ACOs). Called “the Community Health Access and Rural Transformation (CHART),” the Model will focus on ACOs and organizations in 15 rural communities with a...
