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ACO Proposed Rule Review – Part 10: Quality & Performance (cont.)
The sections covered below can be found in the proposed rule on pages 196-201 here: https://www.compassionatecarenc.org/non_members/legislative/ac/aco-proposed-regs-4-2011.pdf IIE—Quality and performance measurements Part II A CMS-specified data collection tool and a survey […]
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ACO Proposed Rule Review – Part 9: Quality & Performance
The section on Quality and Performance is rather long, so it will be broken into 2 or 3 installments. While the bulleted list below isn’t too long, to make up […]
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ACO Proposed Rule Review: Part 8
Page references refer to the version of the rule found at: https://www.compassionatecarenc.org/non_members/legislative/ac/aco-proposed-regs-4-2011.pdf. Today’s installment has been extracted from page 139-165. IID—Assignment of Medicare Fee-for-Service Beneficiaries (attribution methodology) Attribution methodology assigns […]
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ACO Proposed Rule Review: Part 7
New Program Standards Established During 3-Year Agreement Period ACOs would be subject to future changes in regulation with the exception of the following program areas: eligibility requirement concerning the structure […]
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ACO Proposed Rule Review: Part 6
IIC—Establishing the 3-year Agreement with Secretary • Options for Start Date of the Performance Year–applications would be considered on an annual, calendar year, basis: o (1)ACO applications must be submitted […]
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ACO Proposed Rule Review: Part 5
Patient–Centeredness Criteria Beneficiary Experience of Care Survey must be in place and there must be a description in the ACO’s application of how the ACO will use the results to […]
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ATA Seeks Changes in Proposed Rules for ACOs
The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) this week expressed concerns about proposed rules for Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). In a six-page letter to CMS Administrator Donald M. Berwick, MD, the ATA […]
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ACO Proposed Rule Review: Part 4
Agreement Requirement 1. If the ACO is approved for participation, CMS proposes that an authorized representative—specifically, an executive who has the ability to bind the ACO must certify to the […]
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ACO Proposed Rule Review: Part 3
The following installment was extracted from the Federal Register volume in which the proposed regulations appear: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-04-07/pdf/FR-2011-04-07.pdf, on FR pages 19542-44; or PDF page 284-86. Leadership and Management Structure The […]
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What Do Proposed CMS Rules for ACOs Mean for Physicians?
Want to learn more about the major provisions of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) proposed regulations for the Medicare Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs)? AMA President Cecil B. […]
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