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"Specifically, with fewer participants, there will be fewer negative MIPS adjustments, which are needed to offset positive MIPS scores. As a result, CMS estimated that the aggregate
MIPS adjustment would be 0.9%, far below the 5% maximum possible for the 2018 performance year."

Excerpted from: Accountable Care News, Volume 8 Number 11, October 2017, "Value-Based Care: The Payers’ Role," by Darryl Drevna

 
What's News
  Institute to collect data and evidence to identify ACO best practices
Health Data Managment, October 6, 2017
 
     
  Analyzing Trends in Accountable Care Organizations: A Nationwide Survey
American Journal of Managed Care, September 29, 2017
 
     
  Accountable Care Organizations Under Magnifying Glass
Policy and Medicine, September 22, 2017
 
     
  Healthcare Is Local. Why Aren't Accountable Care Benchmarks?
American Journal of Managed Care, September 21, 2017
 
     
  Factors associated with hospital participation in CMS' ACO programs.
Health Care Management Review, abstract only, September 15, 2017
 
     
ACO part 4: Q&A with LPACO, Dr. Joshua Lowentritt, MD
Becker's Hospital Review, September 13, 2017
     
  Telehealth May Ease Docs into ACOs, MedPAC Suggests
Medpage Today, September 8, 2017
 
     
Blogs
  The 2017 ACO Survey: What Do Current Trends Tell Us About The Future Of AC?
Health Affairs Blog, October 4, 2017
 
  How Health Plans Can Help Employers Evaluate ACOs
AHIP Blog, September 25, 2017
 
     
  Connecting Mouth to the Body: Integrating Oral Health into ACOs
Community Catalyst blog, September 11, 2017
 
     
This Month in Accountable Care News
  • Medicare Alternative Payment Models: Not Every Provider Has a Path Forward by Angela Bowen, Natalie Burton and David Muhlestein
  • Value-Based Care: The Payers' Role by Darryl Drevna
  • What's On Your Mind: Facing Opioid Crisis Head on: Key Considerations for Implementing
  • Prescription Risk Management Plans by Diane Doherty
  • Bundles: Opportunity to Scale Accountable Care by Jean Drouin, M.D., MBA
  • Thought Leaders' Corner: What Is the Difference Between Physician-Led and Hospital-Led ACOs?
  • Industry News with briefs regarding Baylor Scott & White Quality Alliance, Cigna, Fallon Health and Berkshire Health Systems.
  • Catching Up With... Lynn Barr, MPH
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