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Committee approves phase‑3 Accountable Care Collaborative funding while limiting assumed savings
Summary
After debate about projected savings, the Joint Budget Committee approved staff recommendations for the Accountable Care Collaborative (ACC) phase‑3 changes but asked the department to limit assumed first‑year savings and to return with implementation detail; the committee accepted a $5 million assumed savings as a compromise.
Joe Kurtz, Health Care Policy and Financing staff, outlined the department’s R6 request to implement ACC Phase 3, which would increase contractual responsibilities for Regional Accountable Entities (RAEs) to manage transitions of care, practice transformation, centralized credentialing and related items.
Kurtz described several components: (1) additional contract funding to RAEs to perform enhanced transitions‑of‑care coordination; (2) practice transformation supports for smaller…
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