Posts in August, 2017 Medicare Shared Savings ACOs Saved $1 Billion Over Three Years Accountable care organizations (ACOs) participating in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS’) Medicare Shared Savings Program reduced spending by nearly $1 billion in the first three years of the program, ... Continue Reading New Alliance Practices and Network Updates Welcome Plastic Surgery Services of Fredericksburg The surgeons of Plastic Surgery Services have an established reputation and provide a full range of treatments to obtain true rejuvenation. The board certified plastic surgeons of Plastic ... Continue Reading Million Hearts Update The Alliance PCP and Cardiology practices participating in our Million Hearts Model Program (MHM) have been working closely with our Alliance MHM Team to screen and risk stratify patients for inclusion in the intervention phase of this ... Continue Reading MACRA 2.0 Town Halls Town Halls Save the Dates for our Edu-cational Town Hall Series on MACRA 2.0. Focus will be on the basics to help providers and practice managers understand and learn what you need to know to be successful and how it applies to you. ... Continue Reading Disability Income Offering We are pleased to provide a Disability Income offering from Mass Mutual. In addition, as a member of the Mary Wash-ington Health Alliance, they will review other areas of need as requested by your practice. Areas of expertise include Life, ... Continue Reading Discounts on Supplies and Services Provista and Pinnacle have teamed up to connect you with more value and savings by providing discounts on sup-plies and services, as well as entertain-ment and home improvement. There is no charge to you or your employees for using the ... Continue Reading MSSP Corner There is a lot of information floating around about MIPS these days. In light of this, I wanted to take a moment to address some key high level points about what MIPS means for your practice. Practices participating in the MSSP program will ... Continue Reading Care Coordination Team Update Primary Care practices can participate in two collaborative care coordination programs as members of Mary Washington Health Alliance. Both programs provide staff and financial support to offset the cost of performing care coordination ... Continue Reading Message from Jeffrey Frazier, MD Since last we updated the progress of the Alliance's Finance and Contracting Committee, much has happened. On the Finance side, we instituted a new per member per month (PMPM) payment to our primary care physicians taking care of our ... Continue Reading Message from the Medical Director-Richard Lewis, MD MACRA 2.0 MACRA went live January 1, 2017. This complex program will guide Medicare reimbursements for the foreseeable future. There are two major components of MACRA: MIPS and AAPM. Based upon the features of these programs and the ... Continue Reading 1 2 Next 11 Result(s) Page 1 of 2