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According to the recent NAACOS survey, "57% reported concern with cutting shared savings rates from 50% to as low as 25%."
Excerpted from: Accountable Care News, Volume 9 Number 11, November 2018, "Washington DC Watch: Future of MSSP/Pathways Engenders Hot Debate."

 
What's News
  How Medicare measures quality for ACOs 
Healthcare Economist, November 4, 2018
 
     
  Change Healthcare, ACO Partner, and BCBS of AZ Announce Full-Year Results 
Change Healthcare Press Release, October 30, 2018
 
     
  Physician Practices Joining Early ACOs Were Capable, but Performance Was Modest
The Commonwealth Fund, October 24, 2018
 
     
  Lawmakers Urge CMS to Modify Final Medicare ACO Regulation
Healthcare Informatics, October 24, 2018
 
     
  Integration platform leads to enhanced quality reporting at Osler Health
Healthcare IT News, October 17, 2018
 
     
  A third of MSSP ACOs may leave program under new rule, survey finds
Becker's Hospital Review, October 17, 2018
 
     
  PCPCC Comments on CMS Accountable Care Organization Rule
Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC), October 16, 2018
 
     
ACOs Had No Significant Impact on Spending for Patients With Cancer
The American Journal of Managed Care, October 14, 2018
     
  What Drove Physician Practices to Join Early Medicare ACOs? 
AJMC Press Release, October 11, 2018
 
     
  Older adult fall prevention practices among primary care providers at ACOs
PLOS One, October 11, 2018
 
     
Insights
  How Pharmacists Can Be the Change Makers at ACOs
Managed Healthcare Executive, October 25, 2018
 
     
  What providers like—and don't like—about CMS' proposal to overhaul MSSP
The Daily Briefing/Advisory Board, October 22, 2018
 
     
  Medicare Spending after 3 Years of the Medicare Shared Savings Program
NEJM Catalyst, October 22, 2018
 
     
  ACO Rule Change: Non-Track Changes
The Milliman Healthcare Analytics Blog, October 18, 2018
 
     
  Why ACOs Need More From HIT
Health IT Outcomes, October 16, 2018
 
     
  The Case For Downside Risk (Or Not)
Health Affairs Blog, October 16, 2018
 
     
This Month in Accountable Care News
 
  • Heading Off Disaster: Preparing for a Coordinated Care Organization Closure by Point B
  • Washington DC Watch: Future of MSSP/Pathways Engenders Hot Debate
  • Becker's Details a Gross of ACOs
  • LAN Progress Update: 'Adoption of APMs Continues to Increase'
  • Thought Leaders' Corner: "Recent RAND research found that 'many physician practices still lack the skills and experience with data management and analysis needed to perform well in Alternative Payment Models.' What one thing – if cost were not an issue – could payers do that would provide the most help to doctors in gaining those skills and experience?"
  • Industry News with a brief regarding the Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative.
  • Catching Up With Mara McDermott, JD MPH'
 
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