NOTE: The correct phone number for the Special Open Door Forum conference call is 1-866-501-5502, Conference ID: 70961782 . The phone number in the message sent on June 1, 2011 was incorrect. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Special Open Door Forum: The Pioneer ACO Model - A Review of the Application Tuesday, June 7, 12pm-1:30pm ET This Special Open Door Forum will focus on the request for applications for the Pioneer Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Model released on Tuesday, May 17, 2011; the RFA, application, and other background materials are available on the Innovation Center website at http://www.Innovations.CMS.gov. A full call announcement is available at http://www.CMS.gov/OpenDoorForums/Downloads/060711PioneerACOSODInvitation.pdf<http://www.cms.gov/OpenDoorForums/Downloads/060711PioneerACOSODInvitation.pdf>. To participate via conference call, dial 1-866-501-5502 and use conference ID #70961782. -------------------------------------------------- Sign Up Today for Free ACO Learning Sessions 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-models/acolearningsession/>. Individuals wishing to attend the Monday, June 20 through Wednesday, June 22 ADLS in Minneapolis may register for free at http://ACORegister.rti.org. 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<https://acoregister.rti.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=dsp_faq>. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.
