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Why one Medicare Pioneer ACO succeeded in saving money
By Jessica Zigmond | July 16, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
How did Beth Israel Deaconess Care Organization meet Medicare's cost targets and receive substantial shared savings in the first year of the Medicare Pioneer ACO experiment? Data analytics.
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All Pioneer ACOs improved quality; only third lowered costs
By Gregg Blesch | July 16, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
The participants in the Obama administration's most aggressive experiment with accountable care had better success improving quality than lowering costs, according to first-year results.
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UnitedHealth sees accountable-care work doubling by 2017
By Bloomberg.com | July 11, 2013
UnitedHealth Group said it will more than double payments to physicians tied to quality and cost efficiency within five years, in the latest sign of transformation in the U.S. medical system.
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Pioneers no more? | A number of ACOs are still weighing whether to switch to another model
By Melanie Evans | July 06, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Time is running out for several undecided Medicare Pioneer accountable care organizations to choose whether to stay or go.
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Carroll named Dartmouth-Hitchcock innovation chief
By Rachel Landen | July 02, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H., has named Terry Carroll chief innovation officer.
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St. Vincent Health laying off 865 in Indiana
By Ashok Selvam | July 01, 2013
Job cuts in healthcare are hardly rare these days, but St. Vincent Health's newly announced layoffs in Indiana will certainly grab some eyeballs.
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Reform Update: Texas moves to avert access issues
By Andis Robeznieks | July 01, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
With the anticipated arrival of some 14 million newly insured individuals into the nation's healthcare system in 2014, a major concern that remains is whether coverage will equal access. Texas lawmakers, physicians and nurse practitioners have taken a step forward on that problem while many other...
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CHIME Time: HIEs can contribute to community data exchange
By Donna Roach | July 01, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Moore (Okla.) Medical Center, a satellite site of Norman (Okla.) Regional Health System, took a direct hit from the terrible tornado that killed 24 people and injured 377 others May 20. It will most likely never open its doors again. However, as Modern Healthcare reported, the medical center had...
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Several Pioneer ACOs may exit program
By Melanie Evans | June 28, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Medicare's most ambitious test of accountable care could lose a substantial number of its participants after the first year.
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Seton ACO enters contract with UnitedHealthcare
By Modern Healthcare | June 28, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Seton Health Alliance entered an accountable care contract with UnitedHealthcare that the organizations said could extend the reach of the Seton ACO to as many as 320,000 Texans covered by the insurer's employer-sponsored plans.
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