The Transcript for the Medicare Shared Savings Program Proposed Rule Overview National Provider Teleconference is Now Available on the CMS Website
On May 24, 2011, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) held a national provider teleconference on the Medicare Shared Savings Program proposed rule CM-1345-P, that implements the Shared Savings Program and establishes the requirements for Accountable Care Organizations (also referred to as an ACO), as established under section 3022 of the Affordable Care Act. This teleconference was one in a variety of teleconferences and listening sessions held by CMS during the proposed rule 60 day comment period. CMS Subject matter experts gave an overview of the proposed rule to help the public understand how CMS is proposing to administer the program and to ensure that the public understands how to participate in the formal comment process. A question and answer session followed the presentation. The written transcript is now available at http://www.cms.gov/sharedsavingsprogram/40_Events.asp on the CMS website. Once on the webpage, click on the teleconference title to access the full transcript. The public comment period on this proposed rule will end on Monday, June 6. Please visit the Shared Savings Program website at http://www.cms.gov/sharedsavingsprogram for more details. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note: If you have problems accessing any hyperlink in this message, please copy and paste the URL into your Internet browser. If you know someone who would like to subscribe to a Medicare Fee-For-Service (FFS) provider listserv, go to (http://www.cms.gov/prospmedicarefeesvcpmtgen/downloads/Provider_Listservs.pdf). If you would like to unsubscribe from a specific provider listserv, please go to (https://list.nih.gov/cgi-bin/wa.exe?INDEX) to unsubscribe or to leave the appropriate listserv. Please DO NOT respond to this email. This email is a service of CMS and routed through an electronic mail server to communicate Medicare policy and operational changes and/or updates. Responses to this email are not routed to CMS personnel. Inquiries may be sent by going to (http://www.cms.gov/ContactCMS). Thank you.
