{"id":36034,"date":"2024-04-22T09:00:14","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T09:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/?p=36034"},"modified":"2025-11-03T17:34:39","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T17:34:39","slug":"health-data-news-roundup-medicare-accountable-care-organizations-cbo-report-naacos-and-accountable-care-growth-and-latest-imat-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/health-data-news-roundup-medicare-accountable-care-organizations-cbo-report-naacos-and-accountable-care-growth-and-latest-imat-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Data News Roundup: Medicare Accountable Care Organizations CBO Report; NAACOS and Accountable Care Growth; and Latest IMAT Podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Welcome to the Health Data Weekly News Roundup from IMAT Solutions. As the power of data continues to grow in the healthcare arena, today\u2019s care organizations need to be on the forefront of all news and trends to help ensure that their data analytics efforts deliver accountable and informed care. Each week, we will provide you with the actionable news you need to meet these goals. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Medicare Accountable Care Organizations: Past Performance and Future Directions<\/strong><br \/>\nThis new Congressional Budget Office report summarizes recent research findings about Medicare ACOs and the factors that have contributed to or limited their ability to achieve net budgetary savings for the Medicare program.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beckerspayer.com\/payer\/unitedhealth-vows-to-bring-back-change-healthcare-stronger-than-before.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>UnitedHealth Vows to Bring Back Change Healthcare Stronger Than Before Hack<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nUnitedHealth Group plans to bring Change Healthcare back stronger <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beckerspayer.com\/payer\/unitedhealth-vows-to-bring-back-change-healthcare-stronger-than-before.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">than it was before<\/a> it suffered the largest cyberattack in the history of the U.S. healthcare system. Andrew Witty, CEO, said it is &#8220;important for the country&#8221; that UnitedHealth Group owns Change.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/healthpayerintelligence.com\/news\/payers-react-to-2025-medicare-advantage-part-d-final-rates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Payers React to 2025 Medicare Advantage, Part D Final Rates<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nHealth payer trade organizations responded negatively to the 2025 Medicare Advantage and Part D Final Rate Notice, citing rising healthcare costs, according to this recent <a href=\"https:\/\/healthpayerintelligence.com\/news\/payers-react-to-2025-medicare-advantage-part-d-final-rates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Health Payer Intelligence article<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicaleconomics.com\/view\/medicare-leaders-discuss-accountable-care-growth-as-part-of-naacos-conference\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Medicare Leaders Discuss Accountable Care Growth as Part of the Recent NAACOS Conference<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nAt the recent NAACOS Conference, Medicare leaders said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicaleconomics.com\/view\/medicare-leaders-discuss-accountable-care-growth-as-part-of-naacos-conference\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">they are committed<\/a> to helping Accountable Care Organizations work toward agency\u2019s 2030 goal of having 100 percent of traditional Medicare beneficiaries in accountable care relationships.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiercehealthcare.com\/payers\/payer-roundup-elevance-health-acquires-ny-based-mco-sentara-health-plans-under-investigation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Elevance Health Quietly Acquires New York Competitor<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nElevance Health <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiercehealthcare.com\/payers\/payer-roundup-elevance-health-acquires-ny-based-mco-sentara-health-plans-under-investigation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> it would buy Centers Plan for Health Living, a managed care organization in New York, in its annual report released in February. The deal is expected to close in the third quarter.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techtarget.com\/searchhealthit\/feature\/How-The-Sequoia-Project-is-promoting-health-data-usability\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>How The Sequoia Project is Promoting Health Data Usability<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nThe Sequoia Project&#8217;s Taking Root Initiative is looking to address health data usability issues across the industry, ranging from human factors to technical challenges, according to this recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techtarget.com\/searchhealthit\/feature\/How-The-Sequoia-Project-is-promoting-health-data-usability\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EHR Intelligence article<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/podcast-an-introduction-to-dan-trejo-avp-sales-for-payer-solutions-at-imat-solutions\/\" ><strong>PODCAST: An Introduction to Dan Trejo, AVP Sales for Payer Solutions at IMAT Solutions<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nIn our second episode of the Advancing Healthcare Through Data podcast series, Dan Trejo, AVP Sales, Payer Solutions at IMAT Solutions, <a href=\"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/podcast-an-introduction-to-dan-trejo-avp-sales-for-payer-solutions-at-imat-solutions\/\" >discusses<\/a> his background in the health data arena, why he chose to join the IMAT team, and shines a light on the IMAT Flexible Payer Solution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the Health Data Weekly News Roundup from IMAT Solutions. As the power of data continues to grow in the healthcare arena, today\u2019s care organizations need to be on the forefront of all news and trends to help ensure that their data analytics efforts deliver accountable and informed care. Each week, we will provide you with the actionable news you need to meet these goals. Medicare Accountable Care Organizations: Past Performance and Future Directions&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":36036,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[265],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36034"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36034"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36034\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82303,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36034\/revisions\/82303"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}