Monthly Archives: October 2011

Final ACO Rules Provides Greater Flexibility and Expanded HIPAA Privacy Protections

CMS’s final regulations (final rule) implementing the Accountable Care Organization (ACO) shared savings program (Shared Savings Program) and the complementary regulations and guidance from CMS/OIG and DOJ/FTC are materially different from the proposed rules. After the proposed rule generated little interest in actually undertaking ACO development, CMS changed the final rule to focus on the (...) [Read More]