By Melanie Evans | March 30, 2013
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More hospitals and docs are signing accountable care contracts that tie payouts to delivering better results at lower costs. Some want insurers to nudge patients toward choices that help them do it. FULL STORY »
Sitting in his living room in rural Knoxville, Ill., Jack Fisher wouldn't appear to represent the next wave in 21st century healthcare. But he does. FULL STORY »
Healthcare innovation doesn't happen overnight, or even within three years. Read about the Top 5 innovations happening in healthcare delivery right now. FULL STORY »
As healthcare providers scramble to realize the promise of clinically coordinated care, a recent decision from the Federal Trade Commission shows that regulators are giving doctors and hospitals more leeway to set up new models that don't involve sweeping corporate acquisitions. FULL STORY »
By Melanie Evans | January 12, 2013
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Medicare entered year two of its accountable care experiment with a significant expansion, even as a top official said it was too soon to release early results. FULL STORY »
By Modern Healthcare | December 22, 2012
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Big and surprising mergers and acquisitions roll out throughout the year, often crossing boundaries that traditionally divided providers and insurers. The historic realignment of the industry is fueled by the healthcare reform law. FULL STORY »
By Modern Healthcare | December 22, 2012
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Officials in many states defy or act warily on key provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act as they wait for the U.S. Supreme Court and then for voters to deliver a verdict on whether the law will survive. FULL STORY »
By Beth Kutscher | November 24, 2012
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Hospitals and physicians are scurrying to find partners at a dizzying rate, and federal antitrust regulators are in no way assuming the deals represent only a benevolent drive toward integration under healthcare reform. FULL STORY »
By Melanie Evans | November 24, 2012
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Accountable care and bundled-payment deals made possible by the healthcare reform law could jeopardize not-for-profit hospitals' access to tax-exempt financing, the American Hospital Association said last week as it urged regulators to revamp rules. FULL STORY »
By Melanie Evans | November 10, 2012
| Print Magazine
President Barack Obama's re-election means hospitals and doctors can move with more certainty to develop accountable care, one payment model to be tested in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, healthcare executives said. FULL STORY »
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