Specialists participating in accountable care organizations or treating ACO patients may want to reexamine their contracts, as exclusivity provisions of Medicare accountable care organization regulations may prevent specialists from participating in more than one ACO, according to an American Medical…
Integration & Physician Issues
As lawmakers try to curb Medicare costs, more are eyeing the facility fees associated with hospital-owned physician practices despite previous failed legislative attempts to rein in the charges, according to a Washington Post report.
Even though accountable care organizations are a somewhat new care delivery model, they have made quite an impact on the world of healthcare already. New commercial ACOs are announced on a regular basis, and many organizations applied to be part…
The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology has announced plans to develop a framework for IT infrastructure needed to start and operate an effective accountable care organization.
Bon Secours Medical Group, part of Greenville, S.C.-based Bon Secours St. Francis Health System, is expanding its patient-centered medical home program with BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina.
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Florida Blue and Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla., have partnered to form an accountable care organization that will focus specifically on cancer patients, starting in 2013.
Eight of Cincinnati-based Mercy Health's physician practices have earned Level 3 patient-centered medical home status under the 2011 qualification guidelines from the National Committee for Quality Assurance.
A South Dakota primary care task force has released recommendations on how to ensure primary care accessibility for all the state's citizens, especially those in rural areas.
A new study published in the Archives of Surgery shows that self-employed surgeons in private practice have decreased significantly from 2001 to 2009.
Albuquerque, N.M.-based Lovelace Health System has decided to no longer allow healthcare providers from ABQ Health Partners to treat Lovelace Health Plan members in the system's hospitals, according to a New Mexico Business Weekly report.