Care Coordination

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission discussed possible post-acute care reimbursement reforms last week, including ways to improve Medicare payment for chronically critically ill patients in hospital settings.

Tweets posted in October show declining public sentiment towards the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, according to an analysis from the California Healthcare Foundation.

So far, only five people have officially enrolled in health insurance plans through the health insurance exchange in Washington, D.C., according to a report from The Hill.

I've always enjoyed using "exploded" to describe how accountable care organizations have grown since the end of 2010. According to David Muhlestein with Leavitt Partners, just a few dozen ACOs existed heading into 2011, and now there are nearly 500…

The American Society of Anesthesiologists announced it has released a list of specific tests or procedures that are commonly ordered but not always necessary in anesthesiology, as part of ABIM Foundation's Choosing Wisely initiative.

Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, Ill., has broken ground on a $40 million expansion project, according to a Daily Herald report.

Children's Hospital Los Angeles announced the opening of its outpatient care center in Santa Monica.

Only a small portion of the exchanges' primary target population has visited or attempted to visit a government health insurance exchange website so far, according to a Gallup poll.

The American Medical Association has found a single health insurance company has a commercial market share of 50 percent or more in 15 states.

HHS has announced $150 million in awards under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to 236 new community health center sites nationwide.