CMS' recent announcement of 89 new accountable care organizations participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program included Manhasset, N.Y.-based physician network Beacon Health Partners.
Integration & Physician Issues
To develop talented physician leaders, hospital management needs to know what characteristics, skills and abilities to build upon. In his blog, Kevin Campbell, MD, a cardiologist at Wake Heart and Vascular in Raleigh, N.C., says effective physician leaders share traits…
Francisco Silva, JD, vice president and general counsel for the California Medical Association, expresses a concern of some critics that accountable care organizations could backfire in a recent HealthyCal.org report.
Pharmaceuticals can play an important role in helping to deliver value-based care and minimizing overall costs while meeting recognized standards for quality patient care, according to a recent report published in the American Journal of Managed Care.
Patient-centered medical homes are sprouting up nationwide. More than 1,400 medical homes — in which a primary care physician usually quarterbacks care for patients with the help of a team of clinicians — have attained recognition from the National Committee…
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Understandably, the need for clearly defined accountable care organization clinical outcomes criteria has led to industry-wide interpretation. But while stakeholder interest lies in shared savings and aligned incentives, ACOs above all must be about creating a consortium focused on improving…
CMS will officially implement its Value-Based Purchasing program Oct. 1 of this year, withholding 1 percent of all acute-care hospitals' diagnosis related group payments in order to provide incentive payments to those hospitals with the highest quality scores.
Cigna has been busy setting up accountable care initiatives recently, announcing four new ventures this week.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina has launched an accountable care organization with multispecialty physician group Wilmington (N.C.) Health, according to a news release.
The Physicians Foundation has released a white paper discussing issues practicing physicians face and suggestions for how to address those challenges.