Partners
Become a NAACOS Partner and Support ACOs
Hundreds of Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) from all 50 states and the District of Columbia form the National Association of ACOs (NAACOS). NAACOS is a 501(c)6 non-profit organization that allows ACOs to work together to increase quality of care, lower costs, and improve the health of their communities. In addition, NAACOS has more than 100 vendors in their Business Partners network.
One of NAACOS major goals is to facilitate communication with the ACO vendor community through a special category of membership called Business Partner. These partners will have special access to the NAACOS membership and exclusive opportunities for attending and exhibiting at NAACOS conferences, which gather hundreds of leaders from the ACO community each spring and fall. These events provided a much-needed opportunity for ACO leaders to hear first-hand from CMS officials, to share best practices with peers, and to network with vendors.
Please refer to the membership definition page for full details on how NAACOS defines ACO members and business partners.
Partnership Types
Business Partners: For-profit companies with products and services for sale to ACOs. Annual partnership fee is $8,000.
Business Partner Benefits:
- Your company’s name/logo/link/description listed on the NAACOS Business Partner webpage
- Opportunity to sponsor, exhibit and attend NAACOS conferences
- Complimentary table-top display at one NAACOS conference per partnership term
- Attendee lists for all NAACOS conferences
- Complimentary registration for NAACOS live webinars and access to NAACOS archived webinars
- Opportunity to sponsor promotional emails, webinars, social media posts, and other activities*
- Subscription to NAACOS biweekly newsletter
- Free Job Board to place and view opportunities across the ACO and Partner community
Partner Circle: For-Profit companies who sell products and services to the ACO community with enhanced focus on collaborating with ACO leadership. This partnership includes custom benefits to best suit your needs.
Benefits include Business Partner benefits (above) plus:
- Two complimentary registrations per NAACOS conference
- Two annual passes to VIP reception held at NAACOS conference
- Email blast to NAACOS ACO members
- Discounts for leading or sponsoring a NAACOS webinar*
- Custom benefits designed with your goals in mind
Payor Partners: NAACOS aims to advance value-based care arrangements across all payers. Our member providers partner with payers to ensure better access to care, demonstrate improved quality at lower costs, and focus on overall health outcomes and patient experiences. The NAACOS Payer Partner membership provides an opportunity to forge connections with VBC entities and providers to forward VBC and collectively solve complex challenges through transformation and collaboration. Find out more about our efforts.
Annual partnership fee is $10,000.
Eligibility: Health plans, health insurance companies, and employers/employer groups that pay for and/or process claims for health care.
Benefits Include:
- Eligibility to participate in NAACOS conference and education activities
- Eligibility to participate in payer-provider forums (i.e., focus group with VBC providers, industry leaders, subject matter experts, etc.)
- One complimentary conference registration per partnership term
- One complimentary VIP reception ticket per partnership term
- Complimentary registration to NAACOS live webinars and access to NAACOS archived webinars
- Attendee list for all NAACOS conferences
- Quarterly Payer Partner Update Call: brief descriptions and info about NAACOS; what’s coming, feedback info from provider members, exchanging input, and contribute to scoping future payer-provider engagement opportunities
- One tailored focus session per partnership term (up to 90 minutes), i.e., customized to payer needs, NAACOS SME (staff or members) presentation to payer teams, dedicated payer spotlight webinar, etc.
- Subscription to biweekly NAACOS newsletter
- Free Job Board to place and view opportunities across the ACO and Partner community
- Your company’s name/logo/link/description listed on the NAACOS Partner Marketplace webpage
Alliance Partners: Non-profits with resources available to ACOs at no charge. This may include universities, associations, foundations, government agencies, and think tanks. Annual partnership fee is $2,500.
Benefits Include:
- Your company’s name/logo/link/description listed on the NAACOS Alliance Partner webpage
- Opportunity to sponsor, exhibit and attend NAACOS conferences
- Attendee lists for all NAACOS conferences
- Complimentary registration for NAACOS live webinars and access to NAACOS archived webinars
- Opportunity to sponsor promotional emails, webinars, social media posts, and other activities*
- Subscription to NAACOS biweekly newsletter
- Free Job Board to place and view opportunities across the ACO and Partner community
* Activity/promotion available at an additional fee.
Partnership dues are customarily, if not always, deductible by partners as a business expense for federal tax purposes subject to restrictions imposed as a result of association lobbying activities. NAACOS estimates that the nondeductible portion of partnership dues attributable to lobbying activities for the year ending December 31, 2023 is 15 percent.