Guest guest Posted July 24, 2011 Report Share Posted July 24, 2011 Hi list As we near the era of ACO's, my administration is beginning to examine what this will look like for our hospital. Do any of you know of any existing models out there for hospital/SNF partnerships? Are there any regulatory hurdles with hospitals contracting with SNF's to prepare for ACO's? I realize we know very little about what an ACO will look like or how it may impact us at this point, but any insight is appreciated. Thank you, Jill Piazza, PT, DPT Florida Hospital DeLand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 25, 2011 Report Share Posted July 25, 2011 CMS has posted the sessions from their first ACO formation workshop that was held earlier this summer: https://acoregister.rti.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=dsp_agenda New Phone: J. Beckley, MS, MBA, CHC Beckley & Associates LLC <http://nancybeckley.com> http://nancybeckley.com <http://rehabcomplianceblog.com> http://rehabcomplianceblog.com Direct: From: PTManager [mailto:PTManager ] On Behalf Of Jill Piazza Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2011 8:59 PM To: PTManager Subject: ACO question Hi list As we near the era of ACO's, my administration is beginning to examine what this will look like for our hospital. Do any of you know of any existing models out there for hospital/SNF partnerships? Are there any regulatory hurdles with hospitals contracting with SNF's to prepare for ACO's? I realize we know very little about what an ACO will look like or how it may impact us at this point, but any insight is appreciated. Thank you, Jill Piazza, PT, DPT Florida Hospital DeLand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 Hi Jill, The APTA Private Practice Section has two excellent webinars that are available as a free member benefit to PPS members. Go here: http://www.ppsapta.org/ ....and click " Health Care Reform " - you will be asked for your member log-in. For non-members, the APTA has publicly posted its comments on the Medicare Shared Savings Program here: http://www.apta.org/uploadedFiles/APTAorg/Advocacy/Federal/Health_Care_Reform/Co\ mments/APTAComments_MedicareSharedSavingsACOs.pdf The APTA is advocating for all practice settings and I was pleased that the ACO Comments addressed concerns of Private Practice PTs. Finally, a resource that I found helpful was the DHHS/CMS 10-page primer Improving Quality of Care for Medicare Patients: Accountable Care Organizations at... https://www.cms.gov/MLNProducts/downloads/ACO_Quality_Factsheet_ICN906104.pdf Particularly pay attention to the 65 Quality Measures ACOs must meet in order to participate in shared savings - this is where I believe the physical therapist and the physical therapist assistant have the opportunity to shine. I counted at least 7 of the 65 Quality Measures that are part of the PT/PTA scope of practice that could improve quality at low cost. I we get Direct Access the number of Quality Measures PT/PTAs could impact could rise substantially. If you have any questions about Medicare ACOs, please feel free to reply in this forum or contact me directly at TimRichPT@... . Thank you, Tim > > Hi list > As we near the era of ACO's, my administration is beginning to examine what this will look like for our hospital. Do any of you know of any existing models out there for hospital/SNF partnerships? Are there any regulatory hurdles with hospitals contracting with SNF's to prepare for ACO's? > I realize we know very little about what an ACO will look like or how it may impact us at this point, but any insight is appreciated. > Thank you, > > Jill Piazza, PT, DPT > Florida Hospital DeLand > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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