Category: Shared Savings

Should we do away with ACOs? The answer depends on who you ask

Accountable Care Organizations, ACOs, CMS, Daily, data, Health Services, hospitals, News, Physicians, Shared Savings, Study, SYN, Top Story / September 6, 2021 September 6, 2021

In a new study, researchers suggest ACOs are not helping CMS save substantial amounts of money as they were expected to do, so the model should be eliminated. But other experts in the industry disagree, taking issue with the study’s methods and conclusions.

Aledade Secures $100M for Value-Based Primary Care, Reaching $2.1B Valuation

ACO, ACOs, Aledade, Health IT, Hypertension, MD, Medicare, Medicare Advantage, model, Partners, Payers, Physicians, Population Health, primary care, risk, Shared Savings, shared savings program, Startups, Telehealth, Value-Based Care / January 19, 2021 January 19, 2021

What You Should Know: – Aledade raises $100 Million in Series D funding to help more primary care practices thrive in value-based care. – The new funding will power the growth of a nationwide network of more than one million patients by further expanding into Medicare Advantage Contracts. Aledade, a Bethesda, MD-based provider of value-based …

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CMS Direct Contracting Model Options for Value-Based Care

Accountable Care, ACO, Care Coordination, care teams, Clinical Intelligence, CMS, CMS Innovation Center, Medicaid, Medicare, Medicare Advantage, model, Patient Care, PatientPing, Payers, Physician Practices, Policy, primary care, risk, Shared Savings, Value-Based Care / October 26, 2020 October 26, 2020

Vanessa Kuhn, Director of Health Policy, PatientPing The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) created the Direct Contracting Model to expand opportunities for more diverse providers and healthcare organizations to participate in value-based care arrangements for Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) beneficiaries. The goal of the new model is to create the next generation of risk-sharing …

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