New ACO REACH Model: ACO Realizing Equity, Access, and Community Health Model, Navigating the Transition, Ensuring Compliance
Recording of a 90-minute CLE video webinar with Q&A
This CLE course will guide healthcare counsel on the new accountable care organization (ACO) model--the Realizing Equity, Access, and Community Health (REACH) model--a significant overhaul to its Global and Professional Direct Contracting (GPDC) model. The panel will address critical considerations organizations face in the transition from the GPDC model to ACO REACH and others now opting to take global risk, and offer best practices for the transition.
Outline
- New ACO REACH model and differences from prior models
- Key considerations in the transition
- Ensuring compliance with the new requirements
- Best practices for the transition and preparing for global risk sharing
Benefits
The panel will review these and other key issues:
- The key features of the new ACO REACH model and understanding the role of health equity and global risk
- Critical differences between former GPDC and prior models and new ACO REACH model
- Steps to take to ensure compliance with the new requirements
Faculty
Sarah Blumenthal
Counsel
Ropes & Gray
Ms. Blumenthal practices as part of the firm’s health care group. She provides regulatory, transactional and... | Read More
Ms. Blumenthal practices as part of the firm’s health care group. She provides regulatory, transactional and compliance advice to clients throughout the health care industry, including hospitals and health systems; universities and medical schools; managed care organizations; physician and provider networks; and pharmaceutical, biologic and medical device companies. Ms. Blumenthal advises clients on a variety of matters including corporate structure and governance, joint ventures, university-hospital relationships, privacy and data security, government enforcement, and government and third-party payment.
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Laetitia L. Cheltenham
Attorney
Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman
Ms. Cheltenham is a nationally certified health care provider and health law attorney. She focuses her practice on... | Read More
Ms. Cheltenham is a nationally certified health care provider and health law attorney. She focuses her practice on advising hospitals, health systems, clinical laboratories and other health care providers on a broad range of strategic and operational issues, including managed care contracting; reimbursement; value-based payment models; licensure and certification matters; clinical services and patient care issues; government investigations; and regulatory and compliance matters.
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Sarah E. Swank
Counsel
Nixon Peabody
Ms. Swank provides strategic, regulatory and operational advice to health systems, hospitals and academic medical... | Read More
Ms. Swank provides strategic, regulatory and operational advice to health systems, hospitals and academic medical centers, as well as large national and regional physician organizations and telehealth and other startups. She has served as a former senior in-house counsel for two national health care systems. She counsels major academic medical centers, nationally recognized health systems and ACOs in launching and growing complex operational programs, such as national and international telehealth and digital health programs.
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