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Chronic Conditions and Illnesses: What Case Managers and Social Workers Need to Know to be Helpful
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  "More should be done to make it easier for plans and providers to enter into value-based payment arrangements. Actions include aligning MA with MACRA as an alternative payment model, making changes to quality measures and giving adequate time to implement theses changes in a way that recognizes that plans and providers have multi-year, contractual agreements.”
- Allyson Y. Schwartz, President/CEO of the Better Medicare Alliance.
 
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"A solid majority across all groups (an average of 76%) views administrative waste as a significant contributor to ongoing communication problems."

Excerpted from: Accountable Care News, Volume 8 Number 7, July 2017, Industry News: "Availity Releases Survey on Payer, Provider Collaboration Gaps."

 
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  Alicia Gallegos: 5 roadblocks to clinically integrated networks

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Source: Internal Medicine News, July 17, 2017
 
     
 
This Month in Accountable Care News
  • The Impact of ACOs on MIPS Payment Opportunities by Lynn Barr, MPH, and LeeAnn Hastings, J.D., MPH
  • Community Hospitals Are Ideally Positioned to Take Advantage of Value Transition by Tim Putnam, DHA, FACHE, and Nikki King, MSHA
  • What's On Your Mind: Tackling Burnout: a Healthcare Home Run by Peter Aran, M.D.
  • Navigating the Management, Operational Implications of Value-Based Care by John Malone
  • Industry News with briefs regarding The Association for Community Affiliated Plans, MACRA, Availity, Veterans Accountable Care Organization, Value-based care, and Premier Health Plan.
  • Catching Up With... Allyson Y. Schwartz
     
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