Healthcare Innovation January 22, 2024
David Pittman explains what’s behind NAACOS’s effort to ensure that accountable care and APMs can be tailored to include providers that serve rural and underserved populations
Contributed Article by David Pittman, NAACOS (National Association of ACOs)
Highlights:
• Policymakers must recognize the unique payment arrangements of safety-net providers in order to better serve rural and underserved patients through value-based care.
• CMS should modify its APMs through the use of waivers specific to safety-net providers or develop new ACO tracks/total cost of care models focused on rural and underserved populations.
• NAACOS convened members and presented our collective recommendations to CMS in a letter earlier this month.
More than one million Americans live in a medically underserved community, according to...
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