Lexology August 10, 2020
In July 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released part three of its ongoing Accountable Care Organization (“ACO”) Learning System and Toolkit Series: Provider Engagement Toolkit (the “Toolkit”), focusing on strategies to effectively engage healthcare providers in the ACO and in quality improvement activities. In particular, the Toolkit showcases the various effective strategies Medicare ACOs are currently using to help primary care and specialty providers in the ambulatory setting to improve health care quality and overall patient outcomes.
Since 2012, CMS has supported ACOs in their goals to improve the delivery of care for their patient population, including through its ACO Learning System Toolkits that provide ACOs with a community in which they can collaborate and cultivate...