Press Releases & Letters 2020

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December

Congress Fixes Alternative Payment Model Incentives in Year-End Bill

Hundreds of ACOs and Other Provider Organizations Ask Congress to Save Value-Based Payment Incentives

NAACOS Statement on CMS Final 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule 

November

Leading Health Groups Urge Congress to Maintain Value-based Care Incentives Beyond COVID-19

Health Affairs Publishes Blog Outlining the Superiority of Accountable Care Models

NAACOS Statement on President-Elect Biden’s Healthcare Agenda

October

NAACOS Welcomes the First Direct Contracting Entities

NAACOS Presents the Inaugural Champion of Value in Health Care Award

September

Ten Groups Ask CMS to Not Finalize Proposed ACO Quality Changes

NAACOS Survey Shows Potential Halt to Value-based Payment Incentives

August

Accountable Care Organizations Saved Medicare $2.6 Billion in 2019

Legislation to Spur ACOs and APMs Estimated to Save Medicare $270 Million

NAACOS Welcomes Today’s Rural Health Announcement from CMS

NAACOS Statement on CMS’s Proposed 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule 

July

Leading Health Groups Praise Introduction of Value in Health Care Act

June

NAACOS Supportive of Extension of the Next Generation ACO Model

May

Nine Leading Organizations Ask CMS for More Participation Options for ACOs

NAACOS Wants Expanded Eligibility for Telehealth Support

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April

NAACOS Welcomes CMS’s Interim Final Rule Addressing the COVID-19 Pandemic

NAACOS Statement on MedPAC’s Position on ACOs During COVID-19

More than Half of Participants Likely to Leave Cost-Saving Medicare Program

March

NAACOS Estimates Potential Impact of COVID-19 on Medicare Spending

Leading Provider Organizations Seek Relief Through COVID-19 Response

NAACOS Applauds New Medicare Requirement on Hospitalization Alerts

NAACOS Calls on CMS to Address MACRA Implementation Issues

NAACOS Supports Reintroduced Bill to Modernize Substance Use Disorder Treatment Privacy Law

February

NAACOS Urges Changes to New Payment Model and Seeks More Information

NAACOS Announces 2020 Committee Members

January

NAACOS Announces 2020 Board of Directors

CMS Announces 2020 Medicare ACO Class and Next Generation ACO Savings