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Some states are emulating Oregon, and others are following somewhat different paths to control Medicaid costs and improve quality of care for their low-income residents. Some are focusing first on payment and...
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Payment reform is considered one of the keys to transforming the healthcare system from one that rewards volume to one that incentivizes value and quality. Health insurers have stepped up and are using their influence to test these new concepts.
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Find out by reading the findings and predictions in the first Modern Healthcare Insights: Reform Update Quarterly.
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When voters OK'd a ballot measure intended to limit what El Camino Hospital could pay its executives and managers, the hospital's board worried about the implications for hiring.
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With the complicated state health insurance exchanges going live in October, CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner has a lot to think about at the end of the day.
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In a growing number of contracts with providers, private health insurers are embracing accountable care, which holds providers jointly responsible for controlling costs and improving outcomes.
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The proposed $3.9 billion tie-up between Community Health Systems and HMA highlights the rise of the hospital mega-system as a response to declining inpatient volumes and payment rates.
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Most of the 37 organizations responding to Modern Healthcare's third annual survey of ACOs reported that efforts to track their performance included care-coordination measures.
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Editor's note: As health systems continue to diversify across the continuum of care, healthcare leaders will need to identify which services to offer and where to offer them. A recent Modern Healthcare editorial webinar, “The Future of Specialty Service Lines in a Diversified...
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The closely watched Medicare Pioneer accountable care program finished its first year with modest cost savings while losing nearly one-third of its participants.
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