Fierce Healthcare April 16, 2024
Noah Tong

The National Association of ACOs (NAACOS) hosted a spring conference last week, with sessions on post-acute care, fraud, implementation best practices, health equity and legislative priorities.

CMS officials, industry executives and independent experts gave their thoughts on where the industry is headed and where improvements are needed in the accountable care world.

Here are four takeaways from the event:

1. CMS is monitoring ACOs’ concerns over DME fraud

Urinary catheter fraud uncovered by NAACOS earlier this year could severely impact organizations’ finances, effecting benchmark payments and long-term stability.

CMS officials said they are grateful NAACOS brought issues of fraud to light, and a new approach for “anomalous billing” will be presented in the upcoming weeks for the Medicare Shared Savings...

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Topics: ACO (Accountable Care), CMS, Conferences / Podcast, Govt Agencies, Partnerships, Payment Models, Post-Acute Care, Provider, Trends, Value Based
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