Wachler & Associates Attorney Participated on ABA’s ACO Task Force

Wachler & Associate’s attorney Amy Fehn, as a member of the ABA’s ACO Task Force, recently participated in the drafting of comments on CMS’ proposed regulations for ACO participation in the Medicare Shared Savings Program. The proposed regulations will govern the way in which ACOs will contract with CMS to become responsible for the delivery of care to an assigned population of Medicare fee for service beneficiaries. The ABA’s ACO Task Force prepared comments to help CMS properly develop ACOs by highlighting some of the problematic areas of the proposed regulations. Click here to view the full version ABA’s comments on the ACO proposed regulations.

For assistance with interpreting the ACO Shared Savings program regulations, or for assistance with creating an infrastructure conducive to ACO participation, please contact a Wachler & Associates attorney at 248-544-0888.