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Thanks to @AledadeACO for having me on The ACO Show to talk about California, our partnership, and my thoughts about AI! Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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1/ The proposed rule changes to the Medicare Shared Savings Program dropped a little while ago, and it includes a lot of smart changes
@1klomp said he was serious, and this is a serious effort to increase growth in the program
Let me run through the biggest items for me
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My term as Medpac chair ended last month. It was an incredible honor to serve with the exceptional staff and commissioners. (I am told I served with 61 of the past 65 commissioners). I have a few broad takeaways
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whoot!!!
Aledade has appointed Oraida Roman as Chief Commercial Officer to lead our health plan partnerships strategy. In this role, Roman will oversee more than 200 #ValueBasedCare contracts, focusing on creating strong alignment among health plans and Aledade’s #PrimaryCare partners to deliver better health care and improve affordability.
Mat Kendall, co-founder and president, shared that Roman’s “ability to foster collaborative, sustainable economic frameworks between health plans and clinical teams will be invaluable” to Aledade's mission. Read more: bit.ly/3Qnps5m
ALT A person with gray hair is smiling in an outdoor setting with mountains in the background. The image includes text: "Welcome Oraida Roman, Chief Commercial Officer, Aledade." The background is blue with a subtle radial pattern.
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Ex-CDC director: The last words my father spoke to me—and what they taught me about saving lives
the heart of the problem in prevention (and primary care)- how can we know the harm that would have been done, lives that would have been lost, "but for us" fortune.com/2025/09/21/tom-f…
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Last week, Aledade had the honor of bringing partner physician and health care leaders to Washington, D.C. for a truly impactful Hill Day. We teamed up with @NAACOSnews and the broader accountable care organization (ACO) community to meet with Congressional offices and share a simple message: Accountable care is working. Our partners shared firsthand accounts of how ACOs are improving patient care and outcomes, and we advocated for key policy priorities, including eliminating flawed benchmarks and reducing regulatory burden.
Read more about Hill Day and our policy work: bit.ly/3Kbi8qs
#PrimaryCare #HealthPolicy #ValueBasedCare
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1/ The 2024 Medicare Shared Savings Program results are released from embargo!
topline results:
10,326,340 bene-years (12% @AledadeACO )
$6,452,075,989 in savings versus benchmark
$4,062,804,612 in payments to ACOs (19% Aledade)
Largest savings ever
Higher quality than FFS🎉
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Check out Innovation Center Director @AbeSutton on the latest episode of The ACO Show where he talks to @Farzad_MD about the Center’s strategy, WISeR and ASM models, & helping shape the future of health care innovation. Tune in: bit.ly/3ISZzql @AledadeACO @dc_cavanaugh
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In ordinary times, this would get attention.
CBO projects the Medicare Part A Trust Fund will be depleted in 2052, versus 2035 in last year's report.
Also important, but still TBD, is the outlook for Medicare Part B spending, which affects premiums.
cbo.gov/publication/61270#_i…
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Why has value-based care adoption slowed? Because the transition isn’t just policy—it’s an innovation adoption challenge. In @nejmcatalyst, @Farzad_MD and I explore how to bridge the chasm.
catalyst.nejm.org/stoken/def…
#ValueBasedCare #HealthcareInnovation #HealthTech #PrimaryCare
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Excited to announce the Aledade Policy Institute. Long way from 2015 when the policy team was half of my time while I also ran an ACO while doing my best impression of a data analyst, compliance officer, contract negotiator, and network developer. aledade.com/newsroom/aledade…
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1/ A topic of great interest at #JPM was the "better than expected" 2026 Advance Rate Notice for Medicare Advantage that dropped on Friday
I dug into the numbers - let me share what it might portend for plans and risk-taking providers in MA, after a tough couple of years
(🚀)
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1/ Is Value-Based Care working? After a decade, we know this:
The latest results for the largest such program just dropped.
Giving primary care accountability for total cost and quality of care is good for patients, good for practices, and good for society.
Let's dig in.
CMS announced today that the Medicare Shared Savings Program continues to save #Medicare money while supporting high-quality care. The program saved Medicare over $2.1 Billion in 2023, the largest savings in its history. Read more: cms.gov/newsroom/press-relea…
ALT Medicare Shared Savings Program Over 7 years, net program savings have increased, and quality remains high.
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1/ Friends, after 2,600 miles we pulled into the parking lot of Dr Eric Hansen
He bought the land and designed the office. He's going to do some branch cutting on the trees after we leave
His 3 longtime staff and his wife support him
it's *his practice* in every way possible
1/ I’m going to visit an @AledadeACO practice near LA on Saturday
I’m driving there
… a brief update on the #ACOroadshow and how it’s going
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1/ The character of each practice is so tied to the land it inhabits, none more so than our Colorado practice visit
An active lifestyle matters to those who work in the practices and those they serve alike
The mountains beauty even compelled us to start the day with a dawn hike
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1/ I’m going to visit an @AledadeACO practice near LA on Saturday
I’m driving there
… a brief update on the #ACOroadshow and how it’s going
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1/ The annual quick read and analysis of the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that regulates the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) is upon us, folks.
like last year, there are a number of uncontroversial/incremental improvements
there are also a couple of head-scratchers..
1/ The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for the Physician Fee Schedule is also where we would see any regulatory changes to the Medicare Shared Savings Program.
@CMSGov continues to evolve & improve the most successful value based program in the country.
some good news...
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Meticulous methods, exhaustive data wrangling, systematic elimination of alternative explanations. a tour de force of research that quantifies what most health policy folks have long believed
hospital price increases (eg through market power) hurts people, employers, communities
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grateful for indispensable role CMS played by injecting liquidity during Change Healthcare Hacks.
"CMS said it has already recovered over 96% of CHOPD payments to date and that suppliers and providers of services are now successfully billing Medicare."
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