Article Publication Date:
1/1/2012
Summary:
Families USA released their latest brief that helps advocates understand the basics of Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) and their potential for improving patient care. The brief includes the basics, payment and quality measurements, determining shared savings and losses, and beneficiary assignment and notification processes.
Topics:
Quality
Types/Tools:
Populations:
Psychiatric Disabilities/Mental Illness
Sources:
Families USA
Programs/Initiatives:
N/A
States:
beneficiaries; automatic assignment; Medicare Shared Savings Program Accountable Care Organization (MSSP ACO); Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); beneficiary selection; retrospective assignment; prospective assignment; coordination of care; engagement
Contact
Families USA
1201 New York Avenue NW
Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20005
info@familiesusa.org
Phone:
202-628-3030
Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/53047