CMS Releases Information on Providers Signed Up For New ACO Models – On January 11, 2016, HHS announced that several providers and hospitals have signed up to join new types of Medicare accountable care organizations (ACOs). CMS has launched a new ACO model called the Next Generation ACO Model (NGACO Model), first unveiled in March 2015, and 21 providers have signed up. CMS will partner with these ACOs that are experienced in coordinating care for populations of patients and whose provider groups are ready to assume higher levels of financial risk and reward, CMS said in a fact sheet on the program.
In addition, outlined in a separate CMS fact sheet, 39 new providers have enrolled in the ACO Investment Model (AIM). This model, first announced in June 2015, has a total of 41 participants and provides pre-paid shared savings to encourage new ACOs to form in rural and underserved areas and current Shared Savings Program ACOs to transition to arrangements with higher financial risk. AIM is expected to provide a total of $83 million in ongoing investments to participants.
King & Spalding to Host Roundtable on Informed Consent and Scrutiny Regarding Research Uses of Human Biospecimens and Identifiable Private Information
On Wednesday, January 20, 2016, King & Spalding will host an Atlanta-based Roundtable addressing the challenges and risks facing healthcare providers and IRBs, as well as pharmaceutical and medical device innovators, as they conduct clinical research involving human biospecimens and related private information that is potentially identifiable. For more information and to register, please click here.
Save The Date: 25th Annual Health Law & Policy Forum
King and Spalding’s 25th annual Health Law & Policy Forum will take place in Atlanta on March 21, 2016 at the St. Regis Hotel in Buckhead. We are pleased to present keynote speaker Bob Woodward of The Washington Post to share his insights on the politics affecting national health policy. To pre-register, please click here.
