Press Releases & Letters 2021

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December

New Bill Expands Accountable Care through NPs, PAs

NAACOS Voices Support for Provider-Led Direct Contracting Entities

November

NAACOS Statement on CMS’s Final 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule

October

Position Paper: Using ACO Quality Reporting to Improve Health Equity

Next Generation ACOs Saved Medicare $637 Million in 2020

NAACOS Statement on CMS Innovation Center Strategy

Leading Health Groups Ask for Flexibility in ACO Spending Targets

September

Position Paper Offers Recommendations on Addressing Health Equity

NAACOS Calls for a Rethinking of Medicare ACO Quality Reporting; CMS Should Also Correct the ACO ‘Rural Glitch’ As Soon As Possible

August

Medicare ACOs Increased Savings for Seventh Straight Year

National Health Groups Ask Congress to Include ACO Bill in Reconciliation Package

July

Fourteen Leading Health Groups Support Value in Health Care Act

NAACOS’ Statement on CMS’s Proposed 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule

June

Medical Groups Pledge Support of House ACO “Rural Glitch” Bill

May

NAACOS Disappointed with No Extension of the Next Generation ACO Model

Medical Groups Urge CMS to Walk Back ACO Quality Overhaul

April

Press Release: NAACOS Presents Inaugural Leaders in Quality Excellence Awards

NAACOS Welcomes More Direct Contracting Entities

March

NAACOS Statement on the One-Year Delay of the Rural-Focused CHART Model’s ACO Transformation Track

NAACOS Asks HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra to Grow Medicare ACO Programs

January

ACO Participation Hit Low During Trump Administration

NAACOS Announces 2021 Board of Directors and Committee Members

Next Generation ACOs Saved Medicare $559 Million in 2019