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Deal volume takes hit ... | ... but value of healthcare transactions climbs
By Beth Kutscher | September 01, 2012 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Healthcare firms completed fewer deals in the second quarter of this year compared with the prior quarter, but the overall value of the transactions surged on the heels of a number of blockbuster tie-ups.
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Insuring Influence | Annual ranking of healthcare's 100 Most Influential shows big impact of health coverage issues in America, from policy to business to politics
By Andis Robeznieks | August 25, 2012 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
During confirmation hearings in 2005 after he was nominated to become the next chief justice of the United States, John Roberts described a judge's role as that of an “umpire.”
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Post-acute partners | Companies expanding their services through ventures with ACOs
By Jessica Zigmond | August 25, 2012 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Whether it is through contracted services, formal and informational discussions, or joint operating committees, post-acute providers are finding different ways to offer their services to ACOs.
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Late News: Cool reception | Few hospitals embrace model: survey
By Andis Robeznieks | August 18, 2012 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Not many hospitals were participating or planning to participate in an accountable care organization last year, but among those that were, physicians were front and center in their governance, according to a new issue brief from the Commonwealth Fund.
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Belt-tightening | New law has Mass. providers 'aggressively focused' on spending
By Jaimy Lee | August 11, 2012 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
The Massachusetts Hospital Association described a new state law that ties healthcare-spending growth to the state gross product as daunting, and some providers are echoing the sentiment.
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Austerity program | States keep an eye on Mass. legislation limiting annual healthcare expenditures
By Maureen McKinney | August 04, 2012 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
As Massachusetts launches an aggressive effort to contain healthcare spending, the rest of the country will be watching.
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The early returns on accountable care | Newly minted ACOs grapple with allocating resources and adjusting operations to put the theory to work
By Melanie Evans | July 28, 2012 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Sharp HealthCare, which formed one of the first Medicare ACOs, combed through lists of seniors for whom its doctors must manage care and costs only to find a number lacked primary-care physicians.
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Video News Short: Interview with Jason Dinger, CEO of MissionPoint Health Partners (3:32)
By Modern Healthcare | July 14, 2012
In a visit to Modern Healthcare's Chicago office, Jason Dinger, CEO of MissionPoint Health Partners, a Nashville-based division of Saint Thomas Health and Ascension Health, discusses how MissionPoint's accountable care organization operates.
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Going vertical | Dignity's play for U.S. HealthWorks illustrates push for integrated care
By Ashok Selvam | July 07, 2012 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Dignity Health wants to make a bold move into the ambulatory-care world with the purchase of the occupational medicine and urgent-care centers of U.S. HealthWorks.
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Ahead of the game | ACOs already in place gain momentum
By Melanie Evans | June 30, 2012 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Uncertainty did not stop health systems from racing ahead with accountable care as the U.S. Supreme Court debated the law that launched Medicare's efforts to encourage the emerging model.
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