2023 MSSP ACO Newsletters
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Title: CMS Shared Savings Program ACO Spotlight: December 13, 2023 / ISSUE 25
Abstract: PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS AND RESOURCES: Performance Year 2023 CMS Web Interface Patient Sample Excel Files; Performance Year 2023 CMS Web Interface Resources; PY 2024 Initial Assignment List Report and Assignment Summary Report: To Be Delivered the Week of December 18th; ECHO Series on HRSN Screening, Referral, and Transition Support; Shadow Bundles Data: Coming February 2024; HHS Information Blocking Disincentives Proposed Rule; Shared Savings Program Historical Performance Year Financial and Quality Results Public Use Files: Now Available; In Case You Missed It: Resources Available From the Summer 2023SSP Virtual Learning Collaboratives.
Source: CMS
Title: CMS Shared Savings Program ACO Spotlight: November 30, 2023 / ISSUE 24
Abstract: PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS AND RESOURCES: 2023 CMS Web Interface PREV-7 Measure Performance Calculation; ACO Signing Event Period Opens December 6, 2023, through December 12, 2023; Take Action: Update ACO Contacts in ACO-MS When an Employee, Consultant, or Contractor Leaves Your ACO.
Source: CMS
Title: CMS Shared Savings Program ACO Spotlight: November 16, 2023 / ISSUE 23
Abstract: PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS AND RESOURCES: Attention: Phase 2 Disposition Issuance and ACO Signing Event Period Begins; Take Action: Update ACO Contacts in ACO-MS When an Employee, Consultant, or Contractor Leaves Your ACO; 2022 Preview Period for Doctors and Clinicians; PY 2023 Q3 Report Package: Now Available; CMS Web Interface Resource Change.
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Title: CMS Shared Savings Program ACO Spotlight: November 03, 2023 / ISSUE 22
Abstract: PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS AND RESOURCES: CY 2024 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule; HHS Information Blocking Disincentives Proposed Rule; Seeking ACO Speakers for December Webinar: Integrating Behavioral Health Into Annual Wellness Visits; November CCLF Files.
Source: CMS
Title: CMS Shared Savings Program ACO Spotlight: October 19, 2023 / ISSUE 21
Abstract: PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS AND RESOURCES: PY 2024 Change Request Cycle: Dispositions for Phase 1 Change Requests and Phase 2 Submission Period; Reminder to Monitor SNF Affiliate Medicare Enrollment Status and SNF Star Ratings in ACO-MS; Second Snapshot of 2023 Qualifying APM Participant Status and APM Participation Data; Case Study on Community Care Cooperative’s Approach to Center Patient Experience When Addressing Health-Related Social Needs; Seeking ACO Speakers for December Webinar: Integrating Behavioral Health into Annual Wellness Visits; October CCLF Files.
Source: CMS
Title: CMS Shared Savings Program ACO Spotlight: October 04, 2023 / ISSUE 20
Abstract: PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS AND RESOURCES: PY 2024 Change Request Cycle: Dispositions for Phase 1 Change Requests and Phase 2 Submission Period; PY 2023 APM Performance Pathway Toolkit: Now Available in the QPP Resource Library; Shared Savings Program PY 2022 Benchmark Public Use Files: Now Available; Seeking ACO Speakers for November Webinar: Managing Patient Utilization of Emergency Department Services; Case Study on Community Care Cooperative’s Approach to Center Patient Experience When Addressing Health-Related Social Needs; Case Study on Mission Health Partners’ Approach to Meeting Patients’ HRSNs with a Care Coordination Model; Case Study on MetroHealth’s Approach to Screening for and Addressing HRSNs.
Source: CMS
Title: CMS Shared Savings Program ACO Spotlight: September 20, 2023 / ISSUE 19
Abstract: PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS AND RESOURCES: Public Reporting of an ACO’s Performance Rate on the Depression Remission Measure; PY 2023 Q2 Opioid Utilization Report Package: Delivered September 14th; New CMS Innovation Center Model Aims to Enhance Care Coordination for People with Dementia and Their Caregivers; Case Study on Mission Health Partners’ Approach to Meeting Patients’ Health-Related Social Needs with a Care Coordination Model; Case Study on MetroHealth’s Approach to Screening for and Addressing Health-Related Social Needs.
Source: CMS
Title: CMS Shared Savings Program ACO Spotlight: September 07, 2023 / ISSUE 18
Abstract: PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS AND RESOURCES: CAHPS® for MIPS Survey Vendor Authorization Tool: Opened August 8th; Public Reporting Webpage Updates: Due September 25th; Updates to SNF 3-Day Rule Billing Fact Sheet: Now Available; Share Your Experiences Using Financial Performance Data; HIPAA Breach Reporting Tool; September CCLF Files.
Source: CMS
Title: CMS Shared Savings Program ACO Spotlight: August 24, 2023 / ISSUE 17
Abstract: PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS AND RESOURCES: PY 2022 Unembargoed Financial and Quality Performance Results: Delivered Today; Upcoming Public Reporting Deadline; CAHPS® for MIPS Survey Vendor Authorization Tool: Opened August 8th; PY 2024 Change Request Cycle: Phase 1 RFI-2 Actions Available; How to Review Participation Options Information in ACO-MS Applicable to PY 2024; Reminder to Monitor ACO Participant and SNF Affiliate Medicare Enrollment Status and SNF Star Ratings in ACO-MS; Now Available: 2022 MIPS Performance Feedback, 2022 MIPS Final Score, and 2024 MIPS Payment Adjustment Information; Now Available: 2022 MIPS Targeted Review; Share Your Thoughts with QPP.
Source: CMS
Title: CMS Shared Savings Program ACO Spotlight: August 09, 2023 / ISSUE 16
Abstract: PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS AND RESOURCES: CAHPS for MIPS Survey Vendor Authorization Tool: Opened August 8th; PY 2024 Change Request Cycle: Phase 1 RFI-2 Actions Available; Episode-Based Payment RFI; PY 2023 Q2 Report Package: Available Soon; August CCLF Files.
Source: CMS
Title: CMS Shared Savings Program ACO Spotlight: July 25, 2023 / ISSUE 15
Abstract: PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS AND RESOURCES: New SSP Helpdesk; CAHPS for MIPS Survey Vendor Authorization Tool: Open August 8th; PY 2024 Change Request Cycle RFI-1: Now Open Through August 1st Until Noon ET; How to Review Participation Options Information in ACO-MS Applicable to PY 2024; Episode-based Payment RFI; HHS-OIG Releases Information Blocking Enforcement Rule.
Source: CMS
Title: CMS Shared Savings Program ACO Spotlight: July 14, 2023 / ISSUE 14
Abstract: PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS AND RESOURCES:
New SSP Helpdesk Starts July 26, 2023;Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule; PY 2024 Change Request Cycle Phase 1 RFI-1: Now Open Through August 1st Until Noon ET; How to Review Participation Options Information in ACO-MS Applicable to PY 2024; 2022 MIPS Final Score Preview: Now Available;
2022 CAHPS Report Changes; 2023 APM Incentive Payment Details Available: Learn if Action is Needed; July CCLF Files.
Source: CMS
Title: CMS Shared Savings Program ACO Spotlight: June 29, 2023 / ISSUE 13
Abstract: PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS AND RESOURCES: 2022 MIPS Final Score Preview: Now Available; PY 2024 Change Request Cycle RFI-1: Actions Available; How to Review Participation Options Report Applicable to PY 2024 in ACO-MS; PY 2023 Final Historical Benchmark Report Packages for ACOs With an Agreement Beginning January 1, 2023: Available This Week; Phasing Out the Shared Savings Program Telephone Support; Updated Benchmark Estimation Calculator After the Expiration of PHE for COVID-19; Governance and Leadership Digest: Now Available.
Source: CMS
Title: CMS Shared Savings Program ACO Spotlight: June 13, 2023 / ISSUE 12
Abstract: PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS AND RESOURCES: Reminder: Early Renewal Applications Due at Noon on June 15, 2023; Reminder: PY 2024 Change Request Cycle Submission Closes June 15, 2023; Draft USCDI+ Quality Data Element List: Now Available for Public Comment; PY 2023 Q1 Opioid Utilization Report: Delivered June 8, 2023; Behavioral Health Integration Services: Find Out What Medicare Covers & Who Is Eligible; June CCLF Files.
Source: CMS
Title: CMS Shared Savings Program ACO Spotlight: June 02, 2023 / ISSUE 11
Abstract: PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS AND RESOURCES:
Submit Notice of Intent to Apply by Monday, June 7, 2021; Actions Available During the Change Request Cycle Starting June 8, 2021; Medicare Enrollment and SNF Star Rating Data Updated in ACO-MS; Draft 2022 CMS QRDA III Implementation Guide and Schematron for Eligible Clinicians and Eligible Professionals Programs: Now Accepting Public Comments; 2021 MIPS Promoting Interoperability Performance Category Hardship Exception and Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances Exceptions: Applications Now Open; Updated Beneficiary-Facing Voluntary Alignment Fact Sheet: Now Available;
Repayment Mechanism Arrangements Guidance, Version 10: Now Available; Managing Compliance Actions in ACO-MS Tip Sheet: Now Available; June CCLF Files.
Source: CMS
Title: CMS Shared Savings Program ACO Spotlight: May 18, 2023 / ISSUE 10
Abstract: PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS AND RESOURCES: Specifications of the Accountable Care Prospective Trend and Three-Way Blended Benchmark Update Factor: Now Available; Applications Open: May 18–June 15, 2023; PY 2024 Change Request Cycle Opens: May 18–August 1, 2023; BPCI Advanced Model Year 7 Request for Applications; Shared Savings Program and the Expiration of the COVID-19 PHE; 30 Days’ Advance Notice Required for Voluntary Termination; Seeking ACO Speakers for Summer Virtual Learning Collaboratives; May CCLF Files.
Source: CMS
Title: CMS Shared Savings Program ACO Spotlight: May 03, 2023 / ISSUE 09
Abstract: PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS AND RESOURCES: Updated Shared Savings and Losses, Assignment and Quality Performance Standard Methodology Specifications: Now Available; Phasing Out the Shared Savings Program Telephone Support; Summary of the VBC Learning System Webinar: Making the Business Case for Addressing Health Disparities; Seeking ACO Speakers for Summer Virtual Learning Collaboratives.
Source: CMS
Title: CMS Shared Savings Program ACO Spotlight: April 19, 2023 / ISSUE 08
Abstract: PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS AND RESOURCES: Application and Change Request Cycle Documents Now Available: Application Opens May 18, 2023; New Beneficiary Information Notification Guidance and FAQs: Now Available; ACO-MS Password Policy Changes: Updated Information; Seeking ACO Speakers for Summer Virtual Learning Collaboratives; Summary of the VBC Learning System Webinar: Making the Business Case for Addressing Health Disparities.
Source: CMS
Title: CMS Shared Savings Program ACO Spotlight: April 05, 2023 / ISSUE 07
Abstract: PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS AND RESOURCES: ACO-MS Password Policy Changes; April CCLFs and Claims Run-Out Files; Share Your Thoughts: Respond to This Year’s Quality Payment Program Submission Survey; Seeking ACO Speakers for a May ACO Learning System Webinar on Caring for Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease and Alzheimer’s Disease-Related Dementias.
Source: CMS
Title: CMS Shared Savings Program ACO Spotlight: March 22, 2023 / ISSUE 06
Abstract: PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS AND RESOURCES: CMS Web Interface: Now Open; Performance Year 2022 Q4 Opioid Utilization Report: Delivered March 9th; PY 2023 Preliminary or Adjusted Historical Benchmark Report Packages: Available March 23, 2023; PY 2022 CMS Web Interface Audit; Summary for the VBC Learning System Webinar: Making the Business Case for Addressing Health Disparities.
Source: CMS
Title: CMS Shared Savings Program ACO Spotlight: March 08, 2023 / ISSUE 05
Abstract: PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS AND RESOURCES: Shared Savings Program & Community-Based Organization Collaboration Webinar Materials; COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) Information and Resources; PY 2022 CMS Web Interface Audit; PY 2023 APM Performance Pathway: Resource Now Available; March CCLF and Claims Run-Out Files; Case Study on Clinica Family Health’s Integrated Behavioral Health Model; Case Study on Nephrology Associates Medical Group’s Care Coordination Program.
Source: CMS
Title: CMS Shared Savings Program ACO Spotlight: February 23, 2023 / ISSUE 04
Abstract: PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS AND RESOURCES: Application and Change Request Cycle Dates Available for a January 1, 2024 Start Date; The Path Forward: Improving Data to Advance Health Equity Solutions; New Knowledge Library Tip Sheet: Now Available; Seeking ACO Speakers for April Webinar: Strengthening Provider Partnerships; Case Study on Clinica Family Health’s Integrated Behavioral Health Model; Case Study on Nephrology Associates Medical Group’s Care Coordination Program.
Source: CMS
Title: CMS Shared Savings Program ACO Spotlight: February 08, 2023 / ISSUE 03
Abstract: PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS AND RESOURCES: Shared Savings Program & Community-Based Organization Collaboration Webinar; PY 2022 Q4 Report Package: Available Soon; February CCLF and Claims Run-Out Files; Updated 2022 APP Scoring Guide for Suppressed Measures; 2023 CEHRT Requirements; CMS Web Interface Now Open; CMS Innovation Center Specialty Strategy Data Survey; New Marketing and Outreach Guidance Available Soon; Seeking ACO Speakers for April Webinar: Addressing Substance Use Disorders; Seeking ACO Speakers for April Webinar: Strengthening Provider Partnerships.
Source: CMS
Title: CMS Shared Savings Program ACO Spotlight: January 26, 2023 / ISSUE 02
Abstract: PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS AND RESOURCES: CMS Web Interface Now Open; PY 2023 Public Reporting Deadline: February 13, 2023; ICD-10 Coding Updates; Shared Savings Program Quality.
Source: CMS
Title: CMS Shared Savings Program ACO Spotlight: January 12, 2023 / ISSUE 01
Abstract: PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS AND RESOURCES: CMS Web Interface Now Open; PY 2023 Public Reporting Deadline: February 13, 2023; Medicare Enrollment and SNF Star Rating Data Updates in ACO-MS; January 2023 CCLF Files: ACO-MS Data Hub Performance Year; CCLF Information Packet V36 and Test Files; Case Study on Concurrent Care Program at Dialysis Clinic, Inc.; Case Study on OneCare Vermont’s Value-Based Incentive Fund.
Source: CMS