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Aug 10, 2026 •Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs)

Technology Strategies for Healthcare Access Expansion

Technology strategies for healthcare access expansion help providers deliver clinical virtual care across rural, pediatric, and community settings now.

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Nov 2, 2022 •Blog

The Medicare Value-Based Care Strategy: Alignment, Growth, And Equity

As the nation’s largest health care payer, responsible for more than one in five dollars spent on health care within the United States, Medicare plays a key…

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Jul 22, 2021 •Physician Fee Schedule

CMS Releases 2022 Proposed Physician Fee Schedule and Quality Payment Program Rule

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) and Quality Payment Program (QPP) proposed rule on July 13. This rule…

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Sep 3, 2020 •Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code set

CMS Releases E&M Updates, Expands Telehealth, Makes ACO Changes

Among the changes announced this week include the expanded use of telehealth in Medicare, giving payment parity to hospital outpatient surgery centers, simplifying evaluation and management codes,…

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Aug 7, 2020 •Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs)

ACOG Gains Ground on Expanding Telehealth

As part of ACOG’s ongoing advocacy efforts to ensure expanded access to telehealth services, we endorsed the Protecting Access to Post-COVID-19 Telehealth Act of 2020 H.R. (7663). This bill, endorsed by…

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Jun 29, 2020 •Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs)

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

Four months since the start of the public health emergency arising from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, one of the most acknowledged silver linings for providers…

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Feb 11, 2020 •Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs)

CMS Loosens Restrictions on Telehealth for Certain Shared-Risk ACOs

In a rule announced last month, CMS is giving certain ACOs at risk of owing money back to Medicare because they haven’t hit spending targets more freedom…

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Apr 17, 2019 •Blog

CMS Shares Strategies for Successful Collaborations Between ACOs, Nursing Homes

The federal government released a breakdown of strategies that accountable care organizations (ACOs) have used to successfully partner with skilled nursing facilities — a move that could…

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Dec 21, 2018 •Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs)

CMS Announces ACO Overhaul, Enhances Telehealth Options

CMS has released new rules overhauling Medicare’s accountable care organizations (ACO) program. Called “Pathways to Success,” the new policies shorten risk-free periods and offer more regulatory flexibility,…

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Dec 21, 2018 •Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs)

CMS Looks to Expand 3-Day SNF Waivers, Encourage Risk with New ACO Models

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Friday finalized its new set of rules for accountable care organizations (ACOs), removing the no-risk tracks that represented…

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