It’s a new world for ACOs, especially those just immersing in aggregated patient data. Once a rarity for ACOs to look beyond claims data for population health and analytics, ACOs are now finding themselves at the center of a data need surge. The transition from easy, manual quality reporting for a sample of ACO patients […]
5 Imperatives for Your Value-Based Technology to Support APMs
After years spent transforming your health care technology, you may feel like you’re almost done. But Value-Based Care Technology requires a different mindset. With reimbursement scaling to a tipping point for APM adoption, think “reboot” instead. Your health system or group has a long way to go if your aggregated and integrated data cannot support […]
Pathways to Success: How CMS is Encouraging ACO Participation Despite Impending Financial Risk
CMS closed 2018 with a farewell to upside-only ACOs. Perhaps the biggest surprise in the “Pathways to Success” Final ACO Rule is its consistency with the Proposed Rule, which floated the revamped ACO Track back in August. Citing superior performance among two-sided participants, as well as the belief that upside-only tracks reduce patient choice and […]