Today is the final day for submission of comments regarding the proposed ACO rules. The Center has had significant concerns regarding the initial rules and has submitted a series of suggested changes to the rules.
The Center has recently published concerns from several of the participants of the Physician Group Practice Demo as well as others regarding the existing ACO rules.
Many problems have been identified with the rules which we comment on with our submission to CMS. In the following comment we review the issues of retrospective patient attribution, risk corridors, size of ACOs, risk adjustments, quality reporting and much more. We believe if CMS would adopt the changes we suggest the ACO concept will have a chance to deliver what was intended: better patient value.
To read the Center's comments, please click here -ThedaCare_Center_for_Healthcare_Value_Final_ACO_Comment
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