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Complimentary from the publishers of Accountable Care News March, 2018

"I will stick my neck out and say if you have a number of community-based health plans in a state where they are able to operate successfully with employers and Medicare, you
probably have a solution for Medicaid as well. We had told the Department of Veterans Affairs that if they really wanted to open their restrictions but still make sure veterans get the top-notch treatment they deserve, then they should contract with well-recognized ACOs as a starting point.”
- William J. DeMarco MA CMC, Founder & President, Pendulum HealthCare Development Corporation; CEO & President, DeMarco and Associates Inc.

"MSSP Track 1 remains by far the most popular option for ACOs, representing 82% of MSSP ACOs in 2018."

Excerpted from: Accountable Care News, Volume 9 Number 3, March 2018, Washington Watch: "NAACOS Cites Expenditures, Investment Learning Curve in CMS Letter."

How cutting off subsidy payments to insurance companies would affect Obamacare

The Proof is in the Pudding Part 1 The Wellness Visit

How many ACOs use their own data to garner physician buy-in? The goal of this webinar, by
Craigan Gray, MD and Amy Kotch, MHA, is to show how your value-based performance solution can help you prove initiative-driven correlations. The first part of the series will analyze the annual wellness visit and its correlation on 1) increased financial incentive; 2) increased Group Physician Reporting Option (GPRO) performance; 3) increased continuous attribution programs.

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	Farzad Mostashari, MD, ScM and Travis Broome, MPH, MBA: Three Recommendations For ACO Policy 1. Limit one-sided risk. (82% of Medicare ACOs are still in one-sided risk models.) 2. Make downside risk less risky. 3. Continue reading here Source: NEJM Catalyst

A From the Past Comes the Future by William J. DeMarco
United Report Details Value-Based Care Successes
What's On Your Mind: Leveraging AI-Driven ETL to Shed Light on the Healthcare Dark Data Problem by Prakash Guggilam
Washington DC Watch: NAACOS Cites Expenditures, Investment Learning Curve in CMS Letter; Telemedicine Group Applauds 'Landmark Expansion of Coverage'
Thought Leaders' Corner: "What is your reaction to recent articles stating that Medicare ACO savings were not driven by coordination of high-risk patients or preventable
hospitalizations?"
Industry News regarding PremierMD ACO
Catching Up With... William J. DeMarco, MA CMC




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