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This paper examines the Medicare Shared Savings Program’s (MSSP) final rule from the perspective of different accountable care organization (ACO) situations to help readers understand how the MSSP rule might affect different ACOs.

This article focuses on some of the challenges that Medicaid payers (including states and managed care organizations) face when trying to establish alternative payment models with providers.

The second in a multi-part series, Shea Parkes and Anders Larson discuss hashing and public key cryptography and how the two concepts are critical to understanding the pros and cons of blockchain for insurance applications.

The first in a multi-part series, this episode provides a simple introduction to blockchain and sets the scene for future episodes on how the technology could apply to insurance.

This paper discusses the current and proposed rules related to evaluation and management services in the Medicare Shared Savings Program.

All accountable care organizations (ACOs) will be affected by the Medicare Shared Savings Program if enacted, and the impact of the rule change will vary by ACO depending on its current situation and unique characteristics.

This article provides insight into the 2015 gross savings/(losses) achieved by accountable care organizations in their third performance year of the Medicare Shared Savings Program.

This report discusses a framework and metrics for measuring skilled nursing facility (SNF) performance, explores SNF performance levels across the United States, and provides a quantitative assessment of the opportunity to reduce spending for SNF services through steerage of patients to more cost-efficient SNFs.

This Benefits Perspective provides an introduction to accountable care organizations and shared savings arrangements for employers that sponsor self-funded group health plans.