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CFO
Aligned Intervention: How MultiCare Saved Millions By Targeting Clinical Waste
MultiCare's CMO breaks down how the system achieved cost savings through clinical and financial alignment.
CFO
How to Financially Optimize Value-Based Care (Part 1)
Value-based care goes much further than managing cash flow differently.
Payer
Providers Push for ACO Program Enhancements Following Strong 2021 MSSP Results
A multi-organization response to CMS' proposed Physician Fee Schedule seeks to build off strong program savings but flat participation growth.
Payer
Medicare Shared Savings Program Saves More Than $1.6B Through ACOs
Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) are delivering high-quality care while spending less to earn performance payments.
CEO
Next Gen ACOs Saved Medicare $559M, Improved Quality in 2019
Stakeholders push CMS to make the program permanent.
Innovation
Medicare Shared Savings ACOs Saved $2.6B in 2019
The savings represents a $940 million increase over the $1.7 billion saved in 2018.
CFO
Senators Urge CMS to Hold Harmless Medicare Shared Savings ACOs
Lawmakers say at-risk ACOs are being held responsible "for the enormous costs that we expect to result from the COVID-19...
CEO
MedPAC Urges CMS to Drop Pandemic-skewed 2020 ACO Benchmarks
MedPAC asks CMS not to use 2020 data to calculate baseline year spending for future benchmarks.
CFO
As COVID-19 Costs Rise, Jittery Shared Savings ACOs Could Flee the Model
Almost 80% of Medicare risk-bearing ACOs said they were "very concerned" about their financial performance this year.
CFO
Medicare Shared Savings ACOs Generated $1.7B in Savings in 2018
Of the 548 ACOs that cared for 10.1 million beneficiaries, 66% saved money and 37% saved enough money to earn...
CEO
7 Strategies for ACO Success
The report comes amid projections that Medicare spending will exceed $1.5 trillion by 2028, which is more than double the...
CFO
One Key to ACO Spending Reductions? More Specialists.
ACOs in which 40% to 45% of the patient visits were provided by a specialist had $1,129 lower annual spending...