October Webinar

Benefits Roundtable Webinar Series
Earlier this year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the HHS Office of the Inspector General (OIG) issued proposed regulations dealing with the Medicare shared savings program, also known as accountable care organizations (ACOs) under Section 3022 of the Affordable Care Act of 2010.
 
Under the proposed rules, eligible providers, hospitals, and suppliers that participate in the shared savings program by creating or joining an ACO can continue to receive traditional Medicare fee-for-service payments under Medicare Parts A and B and qualify for additional payments based upon specified quality and savings requirements. This Webinar will analyze the proposed rule as well as the calls being made by several groups for changes to it. Among other things, the Webinar will address:

• The complexity of the program and what appears to be a bias against medical group participation.
• The excessively high cost of both ACO development and ongoing operation relative to the potential financial benefits.
• The small and uncertain financial benefits.
• The substantial regulatory risks under related joint notices from CMS and the Office of Inspector General (OIG), and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) that deal with antitrust and fraud and abuse enforcement.
  

  CMS' part of the final rules are due to be issued within the next several weeks.
   
  Date: Wednesday, October 5, 2011
  Time: Noon - 12:40 PM CST
  Registration: Click Here