Physician Resources

Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) Resources

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has posted to the CMS website Medicare data that allows applicants of the Medicare Shared Savings Program to calculate their share of services in each applicable Primary Service Area (PSA).  To access this data, visit the CMS Shared Savings Program website. For detailed instructions on how to use this data to calculate PSA shares, applicants should refer to the Federal Trade Commission/Department of Justice (FTC/DOJ) Policy Statement.

Proposed Rules
Listen to AMA President Cecil B. Wilson, MD, in an on-demand webinar as he discusses the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' proposed structure of the Medicare accountable care organization (ACO) program, which was released on March 31, 2011. The webinar was originally recorded on April 20, 2011, and is free for AMA members and $39 for non-members. Learn more and listen to the archived webinar.

On March 31, CMS released the long-awaited proposed rules on ACOs. Read CMS’s news release, fact sheet, and AMA’s statement about the proposal.

“Transitioning to Accountable Care: Incremental Payment Reforms to Support Higher Quality, More Affordable Healthcare," a paper by Harold D. Miller of the Center for Healthcare Quality & Payment Reform

Website on Shared Medical Savings

“Health Care Reform Calls for Shared Savings Programs”
Sherri Porter
AAFP News Now

"Accountable Care Organizations: Health IT's Critical Role"
Bruce Merlin Fried, Esq.
iHealthBeat

NCQA is seeking comments on 2011 Draft Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) Criteria. Reviewers are asked to submit their comments in writing via the public comment Web site by 5:00 p.m. (EST) on Friday, November 19, 2010.

"HIGH PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABLE CARE: BUILDING ON SUCCESS AND LEARNING FROM EXPERIENCE," Stuart Guterman, Stephen C. Schoenbaum, Karen Davis, Cathy Schoen, Anne-Marie J. Audet, Kristof Stremikis, and Mark A. Zezza

 Health Policy Brief: Accountable Care Organizations
August 13, 2010 edition

“Accountable Care Organizations and the Medicare Shared Savings Program”
Richard Hodach, MD, MPH, PhD, Chief Medical Officer, Phytel

“How The Center For Medicare And Medicaid Innovation Should Test Accountable Care Organizations”
Stephen M. Shortell, Lawrence P. Casalino, and Elliott S. Fisher
Health Affairs July 20, 2010

“Becoming Accountable — Opportunities and Obstacles for ACOs”
Harold S. Luft, Ph.D.
New England Journal of Medicine
New England Journal of Medicine video

Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) Draft 2011 Criteria

AAFP Accountable Care Organization Principles Structure

AAFP Accountable Care Organization Task Force Report October 2009

Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) Resources

Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative

Transformed

Patient-Centered Personal Medical Home Model

NCQA Patient Centered Medical Home Recognition Program

Reinventing Primary Care
Health Affairs Theme issue May 2010

AAFP’s Patient-Centered Medical Home Checklist

Transforming Patient Engagement: Health IT in the Patient Centered Medical Home
October 2010; A compendium of resources from the Patient Engagement Task Force of the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative

Deloitte Issue Brief: "Medical Home 2.0: The Present, the Future"

Health Policy Brief: "Patient-Centered Medical Homes"
9/14/10 Edition

Geisinger Health System Reports That PCMH Model Improves Quality, Lowers Costs”
AAFP News Now
James Arvantes

"The Patient-Centered Medical Home Neighbor: The Interface of the Patient-Centered Medical Home with Specialty/Subspecialty Practices"
American College of Physicians

 

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