Accountable Care Bulletin

Accountable Care Bulletin | July 8, 2011 | Volume Two Issue Seven
Complimentary from the publishers of Accountable Care News www.accountablecarenews.com




"The proposed ACO antitrust guidance from CMS provides a leading indicator for how the government will treat accountable care organization applications. ACOs that take up less than 30% of their market will be in the ‘safety zone’; those that consolidate 30%-50% of the market will have the option of a review by the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice; those assuming greater than 50% of their market will undergo mandatory review. In other words, the guidance has merely made explicit what most healthcare professionals implicitly understood: the government wants to encourage ACO development, but not to the extent that it promotes monopolistic behavior that adversely impacts the marketplace." Jordan Bazinsky, MBA, Vice President of Science and Technology, Verisk Health

Hospitals, Health Systems and Payors Hesitant About Medicare ACO Participation, KPMG Led Polls Show
PRNewswire, June 28, 2011

Do ACOs Violate Antitrust Laws?
FierceHealthcare, June 27, 2011

Calif. Partnership Says it Has Achieved Goals of Federal ACO Efforts
California Healthline, June 27, 2011

Berwick Pitches ACO Candidates
HealthLeaders Media, June 24, 2011

AHA Calls for Additional ACO Funds, Flexibility
CMIO, June 23, 2011

7 Points on How Surgery Centers Should Handle ACOs
Becker's ASC Review, June 23, 2011

AMA Comments Take Issue with ACO Regulations
Lexology, June 22, 2011

The Accountable Care Fiasco
Wall Street Journal, June 19, 2011

In the July issue of Accountable Care News, you'll find:

Demystifying Accountable Care for Patients by Jenn Riggle, Associate Vice President and Director of Healthcare Social Media, CRT/tanaka
Analytics for ACOs - A Framework for Strategy and Due Diligence by Jonathan Pearce, Principal, Singletrack Analytics, LLC
Editor’s Corner - Willaim DeMarco, MA, CMC
ACO e-Poll on Medicare Shared Savings Program Provisions
Thought Leader’s Corner: "How might the proposed antitrust guidance affect ACO engagement?"
Industry News with briefs regarding Scripps Health, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Optum, AHIP, AMGA, AdvaMed, CMS, HealthLeaders-Interstudy, The Camden Group, and the AMA
Catching Up with…. Alain Enthoven, MPhil, PhD

Accountable Care News on April 4 released a special complimentary edition containing detailed expert analysis of the proposal CMS rule on ACOs as well as the FTC/DOJ, IRS, and HHS OIG guidance documents. Click here for the document.

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