Beyond the Cover Story: A Focused Overview of the Key Provisions of the ACO Regulations

April 25, 2011

By: Julie E. Kass, Sarah E. Swank, Leslie Demaree Goldsmith, John J. Miles, Robert D. Clark, Alan J. Arville, William E. Berlin, Kristin Cilento Carter, and James B. Wieland

Ober|Kaler's ACO Team presented a 90-minute webinar discussing the government's new guidance on accountable care organizations and the Medicare Shared Savings Program. The Team presented an overview of ACOs and focused on those issues most important to our clients in the formation and implementation of ACOs. The discussion included:

• Eligibility, Governance and Leadership
• Antitrust
• Application and Agreement with CMS
• Quality Monitoring and Reporting
• Assignment of Beneficiaries
• Privacy
• Shared Savings Determination
• Fraud and Abuse
• Tax Exempt Organizations

Materials produced for, or mentioned during, the webinar are available at these links:

• Webinar recording
• Slides [PDF] 
• Proposed Quality Measures [PDF]
• Ober|Kaler's comprehensive overview of federal agencies' implementation of the Accountable Care Act's ACO and Shared Savings Program provisions