NAACOS Blog

The NAACOS blog highlights important topics of interest for the broader ACO community. NAACOS often spotlights members' work or relevant and timely advocacy priorities. If you have suggestions for entries or potential entries you want to share, please reach out to [email protected].

Alliance for Value-Based Patient Care Co-Hosts Congressional Briefing: An Overview
May 25, 2023
The Alliance for Value-Based Patient Care partnered with the House Health Care Innovation Caucus to host a briefing to educate congressional staff on how value-based care benefits patients, strengthens the health care system, increases flexibility for clinicians and lowers costs.

A New Approach to Paying for Primary Care in the Medicare Shared Savings Program
April 13, 2023
There is broad multistakeholder support for CMS to implement a hybrid primary care payment model option within MSSP to strengthen the primary care platform and drive accountable care.

COVID-19’s Impact on ACO REACH Deserves CMS’s Attention
March 20, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic will affect ACO REACH's financial benchmarks, creating unfair performance standards because of data anomalies. CMS should consider approaches to mitigate the potential negative impacts.