Posts Tagged by ACO
ACOs Develop Throughout California
| July 19, 2011 | Posted by Ashley Cohen under Blog |
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The following blog was written by Sara Watson, ITUP’s Regional Workgroup Manager. Accountable care organization (ACO) pilots for California’s privately insured are being developed with major health plans, including Anthem, Blue Shield, Aetna and United, as well as payors like the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS). In 2010, CalPERS… more
ACO Update: Pioneer ACOs
| June 17, 2011 | Posted by Alison Klurfeld under Blog |
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Even before the comment period for draft ACO regulations closed on June 6, CMS began to offer alternative ACO structures. “Pioneer ACOs” are designed to fast-track organizations and partnerships that already have the infrastructure and experience to coordinate patients’ care across settings. Pioneer ACOs will be en route for a… more
ACO Regulations
| April 25, 2011 | Posted by ITUP under Delivery Systems, Legislation/Policy, State |
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Introduction The Patient Protection and Accountable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 included dozens of novel policies designed to cover 33 million uninsured Americans and slow the exponential rise of costs in our health care system. The legislation introduced various new payment and delivery models that will encourage payers and providers… more
Accountable Care Organizations: Analysis of Proposed Regulations
| April 24, 2011 | Posted by ITUP under Delivery Systems |
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Introduction The Patient Protection and Accountable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 included dozens of novel policies designed to cover 33 million uninsured Americans and slow the exponential rise of costs in our health care system. The legislation introduced various new payment and delivery models that will encourage payers and providers… more
Draft ACO Rules – Summary and Analysis
| April 22, 2011 | Posted by ITUP under Blog |
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On March 31, 2011, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released these proposed rules that will, when final, facilitate the operation of Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) under the ACA. I, along with my ITUP colleagues Sara Watson and Erica Brode, just produced this brief report that (a) provides… more
HHS Releases Long-Awaited ACO Rule
| April 1, 2011 | Posted by ITUP under Blog |
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Yesterday, the Department of Health & Human Services issued this proposed regulation for Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), part of the ACA’s Medicare Shared Savings Program. An ACO generally is a group of health care professionals (ideally, in concert with a health plan) that receive and distribute payments, provide care coordination,… more
San Diego Out the Gate on ACOs
| March 16, 2011 | Posted by ITUP under Blog |
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Reforming California’s health care delivery system will require providers and payers to integrate and coordinate their activities to improve quality outcomes and lower costs in Medicare, Medicaid and private coverage. Accountable care organizations (ACOs) could be one successful mechanism to do just that. An ACO generally is a group of… more
New ACO Report Released!
| October 14, 2010 | Posted by ITUP under Blog |
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We at ITUP are talking a lot about “system-ness” and “together-ness.” Whether via the blog, in our Issue Workgroups, in our Regional Workgroups, or as we begin planning our 15th Annual Conference, we are talking with others about this important time in healthcare for California. Some feel that health reform… more
Accountable Care Organizations
| October 8, 2010 | Posted by ITUP under Blog, Delivery Systems |
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ABSTRACT By 2019, health reform will expand health insurance to over 33 million Americans (95%), not only providing unprecedented opportunities for coverage, but also placing considerable pressure on the economic viability of the nation’s health care system.1 Additionally, a growing number of people with chronic illness and the soon retiring… more
HHS Releases Long-Awaited ACO Rule
| April 1, 2010 | Posted by ITUP under Blog |
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Yesterday, the Department of Health & Human Services issued this proposed regulation for Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), part of the ACA’s Medicare Shared Savings Program. An ACO generally is a group of health care professionals (ideally, in concert with a health plan) that receive and distribute payments, provide care coordination,… more
