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For providers that own health plans, the new insurance markets offer an alluring opportunity for them to expand or gain market share in their primary business: providing healthcare.
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Accountable care organizations in Medicare's Pioneer ACO program failed to win a one-year reprieve from having financial incentives tied to their performance on quality benchmarks.
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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.
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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.
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Healthcare innovation doesn't happen overnight, or even within three years. Read about the Top 5 innovations happening in healthcare delivery right now.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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