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  Complimentary from the publishers of Accountable Care News               January 2019  
     
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  “Shortening the time frame for taking on risk from six years to two for new ACOs greatly reduces the time for new entrants to establish the required risk pool data required for accurately understanding the costs associate with medical care, much less building out required infrastructure. I suspect the result will be to freeze out smaller players.”
-  Tim Gary, Of Counsel, Dickinson Wright, CEO, Crux Strategies.
 
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"76% of Providers, 80% of Vendors/Others and 100% of Purchasers are involved with ACOs.”

Excerpted from: Accountable Care News, Volume 10 Number 1, January 2019, "ACO Stakeholders: ‘Experience Most Important Success Factor’."

 
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How cutting off subsidy payments to insurance companies would affect Obamacare Pathways to Success: Reviewing the Final Medicare ACO Rule

CMS has released the final ACO rule with impactful changes coming to ACOs in 2019. Caravan Health President Tim Gronniger and Policy & Compliance Officer LeeAnn Hastings break down the final rule's implications and help you prioritize your organization’s next steps in succeeding at accountable care.

 
 
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  Optum Advisory Services: 5 key areas "Pathways to Success" participants should evaluate based on the CMS final rule

1. Current MSSP contract timing
2. Expected level of entry considerations
3. New benchmarking methodology effects
4. Risk adjustment impacts
5. Administrative workflows

Source: Becker's Hospital Review, January 18, 2019
 
     
 
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