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June 2013

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From ACO Business News - Premera Blue Cross is pushing forward with accountable care through a global outcomes contracting program that’s conceptually similar to the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP), a top health plan official says. The program now covers nearly 7% of the Blues plan’s membership, and the plan is seeking opportunities to expand it, says John Partin, a director on Premera’s health care delivery systems team. Read more

Editor’s note: This is the first in a multi-part series on start-up… Read more

CMS’s just-launched Comprehensive ESRD Care Initiative, designed to move Medicare beneficiaries with… Read more

As more provider organizations seek out accountable care partnerships with insurers, those… Read more

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October 1, 2012
NCQA releases technical specifications for ACO standards

The National Committee for Quality Assurance released the technical specifications for the HEDIS accreditation standards for ACOs. Click here to read a fact sheet from NCQA.

August 22, 2012
Correction

ABN's August issue contained an incomplete list of ACOs selected by CMS to participate in the Medicare Shared Savings Program with a July 1, 2012, start date. Click here for the complete list.

July 9, 2012
CMS Adds 89 More ACOs to MSSP

CMS selects 89 more ACOs to take part in Medicare Shared Saving Program, for total of 154 participants http://tinyurl.com/738hwp5

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