CMS Innovation Center announced a Request for Applications RFA for the Accountable Care Organization ACO Realizing Equity, Access, and Community Health REACH model a redesign of the Trump administration’s Global and Professional Direct Contracting GPDC model.
CMS Innovation Center announced a Request for Applications RFA for the Accountable Care Organization ACO Realizing Equity, Access, and Community Health REACH model a redesign of the Trump administration’s Global and Professional Direct Contracting GPDC model.
On February 24, 2022, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center announced a Request for Applications (RFA) for the Accountable Care Organization (ACO).
On December 3, 2020, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“
CMS”) announced key details concerning a new value-based reimbursement and patient care model – the Geographic Direct Contracting Model (the “
Model” or “
Geo”). Geo is a geographic-based approach to value-based Medicare reimbursement and patient care that focuses on improving health outcomes and decreasing the cost of care across an entire geographic region. Direct contracting entities (“
DCEs”) participating in the Model will be taking responsibility for the total cost of care of Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries in their region. Accountable care organizations (ACOs), health systems, health care provider groups, health plans, and other potential applicants will be permitted to participate in the Model as DCEs. The Model intends to encourage care coordination across a physical, geographic area and to deliver care that considers a region’s particular local needs.[1]