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For Success in Accountable Care Models, Educate Providers on the Ground

3m · HealthSounds · 14 Apr 17:30

Whether an ACO is assessing readiness for CMS’s Next Generation ACO model or is already a Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) participant, face-to-face education of non-executive providers living the day-to-day ACO reality is critical to that accountable care organization’s viability, advises Travis Ansel, senior manager of strategic services for Healthcare Strategy Group. Even within experienced MSSP ACOs, providers often don’t understand MSSP quality goals, the relationship of their actions to cost management or MSSP data requirements, noted Ansel. In this broadcast, Ansel describes the two biggest barriers to success across all ACO models, and offers two tips to organizations wishing to prosper in the value-based care reimbursement world.

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