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Specialized ACO | CMS targets patients with end-stage renal disease

By Beth Kutscher | September 14, 2013 | Print Magazine

The CMS Innovation Center in February unveiled the first Medicare accountable care program for specialty care with the Comprehensive ESRD Care Initiative, which targets patients with end-stage renal disease.
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Inside Oregon's Medicaid lab | A year into Oregon's Medicaid experiment, everyone is watching to see if accountable care can curb Medicaid costs

By Joe Rojas-Burke | September 07, 2013 | Print Magazine

On a recent Wednesday morning, a hospital in Portland, Ore., paged Dr. Christina Milano, a family physician, to notify her that one of her patients was in the emergency room. Within a half-hour, another hospital called when the same patient showed up in its ER.
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Controlling costs | Some follow Oregon's lead on Medicaid reform

By Steven Ross Johnson | September 07, 2013 | Print Magazine

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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Rumble over jailhouse healthcare | As states broaden outsourcing to private vendors, critics question quality of care and cost savings

By Beth Kutscher | August 31, 2013 | Print Magazine

Healthcare services in Florida's prisons are undergoing a big overhaul this summer as the state hands over care for its more than 100,000 inmates to a private company.
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Photo Gallery: 2013 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare

August 24, 2013

This year's ranking of the 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare includes 15 newcomers as well as seven honorees who have been on every list since it started in 2002.
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100 Most Influential People in Healthcare - 2013 (text list)

August 24, 2013

This year's ranking of the 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare includes 15 newcomers as well as seven leaders who have been on every list since it started in 2002.
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Working to keep reform on track | A changing industry poses challenges for healthcare leaders across all sectors

By Andis Robeznieks | August 24, 2013 | Print Magazine

Now really, who else could it be? Is anyone else other than Kathleeen Sebelius managing a $941 billion budget and tasked with moving the massive reform law from paper to reality?
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Podcast: National Nurses United chief RoseAnn DeMoro

By Modern Healthcare | August 24, 2013

In an exclusive interview, Modern Healthcare reporter Andis Robeznieks talks with RoseAnn DeMoro, executive director of National Nurses United. She has made Modern Healthcare's list of the 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare every year since its inception in 2002.
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Votes of approval, disapproval | Officials on list represent the full political spectrum

By Andis Robeznieks | August 24, 2013 | Print Magazine

Six elected officials are included in this year's 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare list, and it's an even mix: three Democrats, three Republicans; three based in Washington, three based in the states; and three...
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Insuring market growth | Execs at large health insurers pursue innovation as reform rolls out

By Andis Robeznieks | August 24, 2013 | Print Magazine

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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