Monday, June 20, 2011 through Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Minneapolis, MN
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation is offering free Accelerated
Development Learning Sessions <https://acoregister.rti.org/> (ADLS) for
providers interested in learning more about how to coordinate patient care
through Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). Four ACO Accelerated
Development Learning Sessions are being offered in 2011, with the first
session scheduled for June 20-22 in Minneapolis, MN. Each session will
teach providers interested in becoming ACOs what steps they can take to
improve care delivery and how to develop an action plan for moving toward
providing better coordinated care.
Registration for the first session is now open for teams of between two and
four senior leaders from healthcare delivery organizations interested in
forming an ACO or from an existing ACO. In addition, the plenary sessions
will be made available via webcast and all materials from the sessions will
be publicly available on the Innovation Center Website
<http://innovations.cms.gov/areas-of-focus/seamless-and-coordinated-care-mod
els/acolearningsession/> . Individuals wishing to attend the Monday, June
20, 2011 through Wednesday, June 22, 2011 ADLS in Minneapolis may register
for free at
The benefits of attending an Accelerated Development Learning Session
include:
§ Access to faculty with ACO experience
<https://acoregister.rti.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=dsp_mtf> – Faculty at
each ADLS will be senior leadership from organizations that have already
developed many of the characteristics of an ACO. These practitioners have
first-hand experience with what is working and not working in the field.
§ Deep understanding of ACO core competencies
<https://acoregister.rti.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=dsp_agenda> – The ADLS
will cover several core competencies and strategies for building ACO
capacities. Individual sessions and faculty will help participants complete
corresponding sections of a comprehensive ACO implementation plan, including
defining ACO goals and an action plan for establishing ACO core
competencies.
§ Guided start to developing an implementation plan – Participants are
encouraged to complete a comprehensive implementation plan for establishing
the core competencies of an ACO, based on an understanding of their current
readiness and gap analysis. Each organization will begin the crucial
process of identifying specific goals for care improvement. Resources,
toolkits, and faculty support will be provided to help participants
complete, update, and prepare to implement a comprehensive implementation
plan that includes benchmarks for developing each core competency over the
next one to three years.
For more information, please see our Frequently Asked Questions page
Dallas L Alford IV, CPA is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in the state of North Carolina and owner of Atlantic Financial Consulting, a consulting firm that provides comprehensive medical billing services, practice management consulting, coding audits, Medicare compliance, Medicare RAC support and other general medical practice consulting services.
To learn more about Atlantic Financial Consulting you may visit their website at
http://atlanticfinancial.us or contact Dallas L Alford IV, CPA directly at 1 888-428-2555, Ext. 200.
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