Tuesday was a big day for Medicaid policy, with both a rollback of Obama Era policy reversals and a movement toward more states adopting Obamacare’s Medicaid Expansion. CMS’ Conservative Shift At the…
Exchange Will Do You Good
Two interesting items have been posted in recent weeks that perfectly capture the contrary motion of health reform implementation. The first, found in the Washington Post, addresses the laggard’s pace many states…
Risk Adjustment: This isn’t Dodgeball, People
Let’s have a quick check in about risk adjustment and the multi-disciplinary team that should be pushing it to success. Remember the days of dodgeball? …picking teams and getting smacked by the…
June is GO Time for Risk Adjustment: Your Program Check List
It’s June! And most people are thinking about summer vacation… unless, that is, you work in risk adjustment. This is Go Time. Those living in the risk adjustment world should have their programs…
CMS Leadership and Implications for ACOs
CMS Administrator Dr. Donald Berwick has been a strong proponent of Accountable Care Organizations as the ACO model embodies his triple aim of better care for individuals, better health for populations, and…
The State of Play on Medicare ACOs
The comment period for the Medicare Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking closed yesterday, June 6. In the last two months CMS has taken a beating from virtually every corner…
