Final Health System Reform Law (includes Reconciliation Bill Language)
(PDF - 907 pages)

• NEW! Health System Reform Overview (PowerPoint) - NCMS presentation that spells out implications of new health care reform laws and the timeline for implementation.
  
• NCMS Analysis of How Health Reform Will Affect the Medicaid Program in North Carolina (PDF)
  
• Demonstration and Pilot Programs Included in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PDF)
  
• Grant Opportunities Found in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PDF)
  
• New Organizations Established by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PDF)
  

• NCMS Letter to U.S. Representatives of NC on need to amend HR 3590 (3/20/2010)
  
• NCMS Correspondence with NC Senators on Need for Permanent SGR Fix (3/1/2010)
  
• NCMS Correspondence with U.S. senators on HR 3590 (PDF - 12/09/2009)
  
• NCMS Letter to Delegation supporting SB 1776 (PDF 10/2009)
  
• Letter to the Congressional Delegation Regarding HR 3200 (PDF - 7/2009)

1. 2010 ACO Summit Compilation of All Presentations (PDF)
   
   
2. Individual Presentations
   • ACOs: A Brookings Institute Perspective by L. Allen Dobson, Jr. MD (PDF)
   • Alternative Corporate Options for ACOs in NC by Poyner & Spruill LLP (PDF)
   • ACOs: Bringing Generalists and Specialists Together by Julian D. ("Bo") Bobbitt, Jr., J.D. (PDF)
     
   • Building on Existing Physician-Led Initiatives in NC by Lawrence Cutchin, MD (PDF)
     
   • The Crescent PPO Experience by D. John Godehn, Jr. MD (PDF)
3. Give us your feedback! Did you attend the ACO Summit? Please let us know your thoughts or share with us current ACO efforts in your area.

• Current NCMS Draft ACO Policy (PDF)
• ACO information on the NCMS Doctor to Doctor Blog
  
• CMS ACO Open Door Forum Archive - June 24, 2010
  
• Medicare “Accountable Care Organizations” Shared Savings Program – New Section 1899 of Title XVIII (PDF)
• CMS Forum Summary 7/1/10 (PDF)
• AMA ACO Resources
• ACO Excerpts from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care (PDF)

• Health Reform Center

• Health Reform Research and Analysis

1. What is the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMI)?
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2. Independent Payment Advisory Board
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3. Health Benefit Exchanges, Part 2
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4. Health Benefit Exchanges, Part 1
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5. New In-office Ancillary Services Disclosure Requirement
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6. Alternatives to Current Medical Tort Litigation
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7. Accountable Care Organizations and the Medicare Shared Savings Program (Sec 3022)
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8. RACs Expand within Medicare, into Medicaid
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9. PQRI Participation Becomes Mandatory to Avoid Penalties in 2015
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10. The Medical Loss Ratio
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11. High Risk Health Insurance Pool
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