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The National Association of Accountable Care Organizations (NAACOS) brings together leading ACO experts and CMS officials to share timely information for ACOs at the only events organized exclusively by ACOs.

NAACOS: National Association of ACOs

The opening plenary of the Spring 2022 National Association of Accountable Care Organizations conference focused on addressing health equity and improving synergy between CMS and ACOs.  

Experts Discuss Driving Health Equity, Increasing CMS, ACO Alignment

During her opening plenary at the NAACOS Spring 2021 Conference, Liz Fowler, PhD, JD, deputy administrator and director of the Center of Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, highlighted how the center is taking a pause to reassess its models and what is coming next.

CMMI Remains Dedicated to Value-Based Care Despite Pause to Some Models, Fowler Says

During the National Association of Accountable Care Organizations Virtual 2020 Spring Conference, panelists discussed how data sharing can be implemented in health care systems and spur the evolution of population health management. 

How Can Data Sharing Evolve Population Health Management?

Technology has made it easier to deliver health care in the home in recent years, but the financing models have not caught up just yet.

Is Home Care Going Mainstream in the United States?

During a session on telehealth at the National Association of ACOs (NAACOS) 2020 Virtual Spring Conference, viewers were told to look at the proposed 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule when it is released next month to see which changes might become permanent even after the public health emergency ends.

Which Telehealth Changes Will Become Permanent? Hints May Come Next Month

Leaders from several different accountable care organizations (ACOs) describe their experience of creating programs to care for Medicare beneficiaries using the skilled nursing facility (SNF) waiver process.

ACOs Describe What's Involved When Implementing a SNF Waiver Program

At the virtual spring conference of the National Association of ACOs (NAACOS), policy officials highlighted the changes since the start of the year due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

NAACOS Policy Session Recaps Changes Wrought by COVID-19 and Looks Ahead

During the second plenary at the National Association of ACOs fall meeting, Meridith Seife, deputy regional inspector general, Office of Evaluation and Inspections in the HHS Office of the Inspector General, presented results from a government report identifying strategies of high-performing accountable care organizations that had improved care quality while cutting costs.

Identifying 7 Best Practices of Successful ACOs

In the next 5 to 10 years, providers and health systems need to be thinking about how all the pieces of a new system that delivers holistic, value-based care fit together, said Will Shrank, MD, chief medical officer, Humana, during the opening plenary at the National Association of ACOs fall meeting.

The Challenge of Fitting Together All the Pieces to Deliver Holistic, Value-Based Care

Joann Sciandra, RN, BSN, CCM, associate vice president of healthcare management, Geisinger Health System, discusses how the role of case management has evolved with increased attention being paid to social determinants of health and if she thinks the role will continue to evolve in the future.