What to Expect When You Contact Us?
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USCIS Policy Manual, Chapter 2 – Definition of Child for Citizenship and Naturalization
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USCIS Policy Manual, Chapter 3 – United States Citizens at Birth (INA 301 and 309)
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USCIS Policy Manual, Chapter 4 – Automatic Acquisition of Citizenship after Birth (INA 320)
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USCIS Policy Manual, Chapter 5 – Child Residing Outside of the United States (INA 322)
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USCIS Policy Manual, Chapter 2 – Definition of Child for Citizenship and Naturalization
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USCIS Policy Manual, Chapter 3 – United States Citizens at Birth (INA 301 and 309)
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USCIS Policy Manual, Chapter 4 – Automatic Acquisition of Citizenship after Birth (INA 320)
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USCIS Policy Manual, Chapter 5 – Child Residing Outside of the United States (INA 322)
Human Rights Advocates
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Order for Restoring Peace on Earth (ORPE)
Restoring Human Dignity: A Divine Mandate and a Commitment to Advancing the Rule of Law
We commit to intervening wherever human dignity is violated, fundamental rights are undermined, or justice is denied, taking every action within our capacity to uphold human rights, honor divine law, and preserve the rule of law.
Email: advocacy@orpe.org
Tel: +1 202-972-5030
Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs)
Creating An Accountable Care Model of Care As Incentives to Care Coordination
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Within the purpose of consolidating a framework of care coordination, Orpe Human Rights Advocates will be promoting an Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) System. This is a system of care that integrates people, information, and resources for patient care activities and creates financial incentives for care coordination.
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Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) are defined by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as:
"Groups of doctors, hospitals, and other health care providers, who come together voluntarily to give coordinated, high quality care to their Medicare patients."
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ACOs create financial incentives for healthcare providers to coordinate a patient’s care across settings, such as the physician’s office, emergency department or hospital, rehabilitation facility, and nursing home. When ACOs meet certain quality measures, the healthcare providers that have met the standards share in the savings. ACO quality measures fall into four domains:
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Patient/caregiver experience
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Care coordination/patient safety
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Preventive health
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At-risk population
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The ACO quality measures also align with the National Quality Strategy and other federal priorities, such as the Million Hearts Initiative.
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Resources to Learn More
Accountable Care Organizations
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This website describes ACOs and how they may serve to facilitate the coordination of care.
Organization(s): Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Accountable Care Organizations
Website
This website provides an overview of ACOs as well a answers to frequently asked questions.
Organization(s): American Academy of Family Physicians
Accountable Care Organizations: What Providers Need to Know
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This fact sheet provides information for healthcare providers on ACO formation, participation, payments, shared savings, risks, and performance, among other topics.
Organization(s): Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Date: 3/2016
Accountable Care Organizations: Will They Deliver?
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This brief examines the ACO concept and reviews lessons learned.
Organization(s): Mathematica Policy Research
Author(s): Gold, M.
Date: 1/2010
National Rural Accountable Care Consortium
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The National Rural Accountable Care Consortium is a non-profit organization that provides assistance to rural health systems in achieving accountable care.
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