The annual Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameter (NBPP) for 2019 proposed rule was released on October 27, 2017. It contains some eye-opening details about…
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…
