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As more hospitals and physicians have money on the line for healthcare quality and cost, their attempts to control costs have grown more intense and ambitious. This would be good news if the path to more effective and less costly care were clear, but it's not. That has transformed many of the...
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Scottsdale (Ariz.) Healthcare and John C. Lincoln Health Network in Phoenix are forming an umbrella company to operate their five not-for-profit hospitals in order to adjust more nimbly to new payment and delivery models.
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Better medical care may arise from new public policies to promote more coordination from hospitals, doctors and others in healthcare, but there may be a high price to pay, according to two economists.
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As accountable care organizations proliferate, a new study suggests that overall health spending may slow when hospitals and medical groups agree to the new payment model with even one insurer. That's good news for proponents of accountable care, who hope to see a change in healthcare financing...
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Larger independent physician groups with “strong primary-care orientations” and where doctors have accepted greater financial risk deliver better quality care for Medicare beneficiaries at lower cost, according to a report in JAMA Internal Medicine.
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Two years ago, Florida Hospital successfully sought a state license to operate its own health plan. That plan soon stalled, as officials realized the cost and time required to build an insurance arm would be too great. A faster route, they decided, would be to buy one.
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Medicare may enjoy the fruits of the growing and varied work among private payers and providers to boost value in healthcare, though the benefits will come sooner to costs than quality.
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Orange Health Solutions, which provides administrative and management services for providers in accountable care organizations and other coordinated-care models, has acquired medical technology company ExtendMD.
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Many of the estimated 27 million people in ACOs aren't aware they are in one, but do notice that their doctors and other care providers seem more attentive to their needs.
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The AMA has issued a strong criticism of the proposed 2014 Medicare physician-fee schedule, and also fired back against attacks on its Medicare physician payment advisory panel.
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