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About “Why one Medicare Pioneer ACO succeeded in saving money”, I really like this article. It is so easy to just listen for and repeat negative comments about the Pioneer ACO experience. I like to learn from...
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The controversy surrounding hospital pricing resurfaced last week after the CMS released hospital charges and payments for the top 100 diagnosis-related groups.
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Hundreds of hospitals and medical groups have entered into contracts with insurers (notably Medicare) to deliver savings and quality gains. In return, hospitals and doctors may get a share of whatever they save. The contracts, called accountable care organizations, are popular but experimental and...
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As my colleagues and I reported this week, the re-election of President Barack Obama eased some of the uncertainty over the future of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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Chilton Hospital officials saw greater access to capital for ambulatory expansion, information technology and other investments to prepare for accountable care as one compelling reason to join a larger health system.
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For all the complaints about a "government takeover of health care," the 2010 Affordable Care Act left intact a system not only firmly based on private-sector providers and insurers, but highly dependent on innovation by both to bring about the change needed to deliver affordable, high-quality...
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Beneath the interminable squabbles over Barack Obama’s health law, a transformation is taking place. To date most doctors have been rewarded for providing more rather than better services. This is unsustainable.
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Accountable care, like political ads during a presidential campaign, is everywhere these days. And like Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, the frenzy around accountable care organizations have left them overexposed.
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Regardless of who is elected president in November, the issues driving healthcare reform are not going away. New models for health care are in our future, and there will be benefits for everyone as health care providers work together to create healthier communities.
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We no longer have to wonder about what the future under Obamacare may look like, as it has been forced on Massachusetts in legislation just passed as Senate Bill 2400.
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