The U.S. will have to do more to prevent chronic illness than simply managing it better in order to save significantly on costs for Medicare's most expensive patients, a new study suggests. FULL STORY »
WakeMed Health & Hospitals and Key Physicians, one of North Carolina's biggest physicians practices, announced a partnership Monday designed to minimize federal penalties and maximize financial rewards under the national healthcare law. FULL STORY »
Debate over quality measures among Medicare's first accountable care organizations and federal officials will likely have significance for the 220 (and growing) other accountable care efforts under Medicare, a former CMS administrator says. FULL STORY »
It's no surprise that collaboration between payers and providers will continue to increase as the launch of health insurance exchanges in October approaches. But sustaining that cooperation will require “physician champions” to work closely with payers and more simplified contracts... FULL STORY »
Commercial insurers participating in accountable care arrangements are less likely than Medicare to use payment models featuring the “upside-only” shared savings preferred by providers. FULL STORY »
By Melanie Evans and Jessica Zigmond | June 03, 2013
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Outgoing CMS Innovation Center chief Dr. Richard Gilfillan was praised by health system executives for his flexibility and deep knowledge of healthcare delivery. FULL STORY »
Hospital visits are shorter and less costly for all patients in markets with more of them enrolled in Medicare managed care, according to new research. The results suggest hospitals make far-reaching changes to delivery as incentives to better manage care increase. FULL STORY »
An analysis of the dramatic geographic variation in U.S. healthcare spending contends that the health of the patients—not what doctors and hospitals do—accounts for most of the differences. FULL STORY »
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