NEJM Catalyst | January 29, 2018
Despite aggressive targets set by Medicare for the spread of value-based payment arrangements and widespread agreement on the importance of delivery-system reform, progress toward lower spending growth and a transformed delivery system has been slow. Accountable care organizations (ACOs) are a prime example: nearly 1000 organizations operate as ACOs, but they have generated limited savings. Even in the third year of Medicare ACO contracts, fewer than half of ACOs received a bonus for reducing spending..
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ThinkAdvisor | January 24, 2018
In 2017 we saw an evolution in how employees are seeking care.
Aligned with a recent
National Business Group on Health study that indicates that 96% of large employers are now offering some level of
telehealth benefits today, more and more employees were engaging with telehealth in 2017 and learning firsthand that they could receive quality care while saving time and money.
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Upcoming
Events 
Thirteenth National Value-Based Payment and Pay for Performance Summit
February 28 - March 2, 2018 | San Francisco, CA
Value-Based Care Summit Series: Population Health Management
April 5-6, 2018 | Dallas, TX
NAACOS Spring 2018 Conference
April 25-27, 2018 | Baltimore, MD
ACO Strategy Summit
October 22-23, 2018 | Washington, DC
October 18-19, 2018 | Orlando, FL
Save the date -- DETAILS TO COME
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RevCycle Intelligence | February 1, 2018
Value-based reimbursement success hinges on decreasing low-value care across patient populations, explained Scott Weingarten, MD, MPH, Senior Vice President and Chief Clinical Transformation Officer at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. While hospitals and health systems have flocked to value-based care strategies, such as population health management programs and high-risk patient interventions, the non-profit academic healthcare organization in the Los Angeles area has taken a slightly different approach.
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Healthcare Informatics | February 1, 2018
I'm never a fan of when people have news to tell me and they ask, "Do you want to hear the good news or the bad news first?" I feel that this question puts preconceived notions in my head and if anything, it ruins the good news knowing that bad news is accompanied with it. I'd rather you just tell me what the news is and let me decide if it's good or bad! On one hand, if you were to read just the CMS announcements on their ACO results, you would think that the programs are performing flawlessly...
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Ven
dor Spotlight
Most Medicare Shared Savings Program ACOs are unaware that CMS expects them to be generating at least 60% of their revenue through commercial contracts by year five of the organization's existence. Moreover, many Advanced Payment ACOs will find themselves in a tight spot once CMS seed money runs out unless commercial contracts are in place. Reliance Consulting Group works with ACOs all around the nation to establish lucrative contracts and value based care initiatives with major payers.
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