Health Payer Intelligence November 7, 2016
Vera Gruessner

Accountable care organizations may need additional assistance in meeting MACRA requirements as well as connecting with social service agencies.

MACRA legislation impacts a number of healthcare providers and entities including accountable care organizations (ACOs). Only a few Medicare accountable care organizations will actually be able to participate in Advanced Alternative Payment Models under MACRA but the rest will need to take part in the Merit-Based Incentive Payment Program (MIPS).

This past summer, the National Association of ACOs (NAACOS) released a report outlining some of the challenges that accountable care organizations will face in adhering to MACRA requirements and the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP).

Some ACOs may have difficulty taking on the high price of investing in care coordination and...

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Topics: ACA (Affordable Care Act), ACO (Accountable Care), CMS, Congress / White House, Health System / Hospital, HHS, MACRA, Medicare, Patient / Consumer, Payer, Physician, Population Health Mgmt, Primary care, Provider, RCM (Revenue Cycle Mgmt), Regulations, Value Based
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