What's an ACO? Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) are groups of doctors, hospitals, and other health care providers, who come together voluntarily to give coordinated high quality care to their Medicare fee-for-service ("Traditional") patients.
The goal of coordinated care is to ensure that patients, especially the chronically ill, get the right care at the right time, while avoiding unnecessary duplication of services. When an ACO succeeds in both delivering high-quality care and spending health care dollars more wisely, it may share in the savings it achieves for the Medicare program. Participating in an ACO is purely voluntary for providers. Fee-for-service Medicare patients who see providers who participate in a Medicare ACO maintain all their Medicare rights, including the right to choose any doctors and providers that accept Medicare. Whether providers choose to participate in an ACO or not, their patients with Medicare may continue to see them.
Medicare Shared Savings Program (Shared Savings Program) ACOs are groups of doctors, hospitals, and other health care providers who collaborate to give coordinated high-quality care to people with Medicare, focusing on delivering the right care at the right time, while avoiding unnecessary services and medical errors.
Find statutes and regulatory documents describing the establishment of and further modifications to the Medicare Shared Savings Program (Shared Savings Program) through stand-alone rules and sections within the annual Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) rules.
Please reach us at SilverStateACO@silverstateaco.com if you cannot find an answer to your question.
An ACO (Accountable Care Organization) is a group of doctors, hospitals and other health care providers who work together to give you better service and care. You may be a beneficiary of Silver State ACO if your doctor elected to participate in the ACO — a care coordination program from Medicare. The doctor is a participant. You are a beneficiary.
The goal is to provide you with improved health and patient experience, particularly if you're ever hospitalized or if you're living with a chronic condition. We will work with your provider to ensure that you receive important exams and immunizations, and that you're receiving the preventive care you need when you need it.
No. Your Medicare benefits and the cost of your coverage are not changing. You still have the right to choose to receive care from any doctor or hospital that accepts Medicare, at any time.
If you need treatment, we may help coordinate care among your doctors. We'll help ensure that your entire treatment team has access to the information they need to provide the best possible care for you. This may help improve outcome and/or eliminate duplicate tests and procedures.
Yes. You will continue to be able to see any doctor or health care provider who accepts Medicare.
You will continue to receive the same rights enjoyed by all people with Fee For Service ("Traditional") Medicare. To help you get the best coordinated care, Medicare will share your medical information with your provider's ACO, including medical conditions, prescriptions, and visits to the doctor. This is important to help your provider and the ACO keep up with your medical needs and track how well the ACO is doing to keep you healthy and help you get the right care.
As a beneficiary of Silver State ACO, you will also have to right to be admitted to a skilled nursing facility, should you need to, without first having been in the hospital for at least three days, which is generally a requirement in order for Medicare to pay for the skilled nursing facility stay.
To help Silver State ACO-affiliated doctors and hospitals, as well as other health care providers, give more coordinated care, Medicare shares personal health information on beneficiaries. This information will include visits to the doctor or hospital, medical conditions and prescriptions.
A provider and you continue to control the use of your personal information and your privacy is very important to us and, just like Medicare, we put safeguards in place to make sure all your health information is protected.
Medicare does not share information about anyone who has ever received treatment for alcohol or drug treatment without written permission.
If you choose, you can decline to have your personal health information shared with us by calling 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227). TTY users should call 1-877-486-2048
If you choose to prevent Medicare from sharing your health information with Silver State ACO, Medicare needs to be notified of your decision. However, if you do not decline now, you can choose to decline at any time in the future.
For general information on ACOs, please contact Medicare at 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227)
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