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	Taskforce Focuses on New CMMI Model by Clif Gaus, NAACOS Direct Contracting will be the next preeminent accountable care model from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation. As organizations weigh their participation options, the National Association of Accountable Care Organizations (NAACOS) has launched a Direct Contracting Taskforce to help all health care organizations understand the model and advocate for positive changes. Access is complimentary for non-NAACOS members. Find out more about the NAACOS Direct Contracting Taskforce.
	According to a recent report from the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME), only 26% of all healthcare industry revenue comes from value-based payment models. 93% of healthcare organizations “still use fee-for-service in some way,” and most of the remaining 7% “rely on other revenue streams, like government payments or donations.” Excerpted from: Value Based Payment News, Volume 5 Issue 1, January First Edition 2020,"CHIME: Adoption of VBP Still Slow."
	How Medical Rideshare Deals in Medicare Drive Quality Outcomes Health Payer Intelligence, January 9, 2020
	Adding Patient-Reported Outcomes to Medicare’s Oncology VBP Model JAMA Network, January 2, 2020
	AHA: Anti-Kickback Changes Too Narrow to Promote Value-Based Care RevCycle Intelligence, December 30, 2019
	MA value-based plan enrollment tripling for 2020 Healthcare Dive, December 20, 2019
	Value-Based Care, Hospital Chargemasters Dominated 2019 Headline RevCycle Intelligence, December 19, 2019
	Biomedical Innovation: CMS’s Next Frontier For Value Transformation Health Affairs Blog, December 18, 2019
	The Race to Modernize Stark and the AKS: Unpacking the VB Proposals in HHS Baker & Hostetler, December 17, 2019
	Cooking Up Some VB Care? Here Are Some of the Ingredients You Will Need. Managed Care, December 17, 2019
	Can Cancer Care Lead the Way Toward a Value-Based Future? The American Journal of Managed Care, December 17, 2019
	Population health management: The key to value-based care Becker's Hospital Review, December 16, 2019
	More Clinicians Get MIPS Positive Payment Adjustments in Year 2, CMS Reports Healthcare Innovation, January 8, 2020   Former Anthem Exec to Lead CMMI, Value-Based Care Efforts at HHS RevCycle Intelligence, January 7, 2020   The Administrative Benefits of Value-Based Care Managed Healthcare Executive, January 4, 2020   Examining Misaligned Incentives in VB Pharmaceutical Contracts. Journal of Managed Care Specialty Pharmacy, abstract only, January 2020   BCBS MI, Provider Orgs Sign Risk-Sharing, Value-Based Contracts HealthPayer Intelligence, December 17, 2019    Idaho Develops a Medicaid VBP Model for its FQHCs, Based on Cost and Quality National Academy for State Health Policy, December 9, 2019
	Corporate Collaboration with briefs regarding MI Blue Plan; Express Scripts and Prime Therapeutics; Highmark Inc. and Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Surveys & Trends: CCM Says Engagement, Analytics, Precision Medicine 'Top of Mind' in 2020 CHIME: Adoption of VBP Still Slow Industry News with briefs regarding Lee Health and Cedar Gate Technologies; Accountable Care Learning Collaborative at Western Governors University Click here to view a brief (under 2 minutes) video with more information
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