Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan's efforts to improve the quality of common medical procedures performed in Michigan hospitals over a three-year period have produced $232.8 million in healthcare cost savings and have lowered complication and mortality rates for thousands…
Integration & Physician Issues
A combination of economic, regulatory and competitive market forces is transforming the healthcare industry. Hospitals and physicians are no longer solely compensated for the volume of sick patients they treat. Rather, new financial incentives encourage providers to work together to…
The following data reflects the increase in active physicians from 2000 to 2008, the latest figures available. This includes active doctors of medicine and active doctors of osteopathy.
Seven years ago First Lady Michelle Obama was working at the University of Chicago Medical Center to establish medical homes for low income residents on the city's South Side. Looking at data, the program appears to be working, according to…
Health system leaders either running an ACO or looking to operate one should prepare for the potential financial losses that could come with functioning as a CMS-approved ACO, according to a report in The American Medical News.
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CMS has started issuing reports to 20,000 physicians in the Midwest, scoring them on quality of care and spending compared to their peers, according to a report in The Washington Post.
While it's something of an oddity, there are physicians who run practices out of their home, according to a report in the American Medical News.
Last week's CMS announcement of the 27 ACOs participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program included no long-term care facilities, as pointed out in McKnight's.
Accountable care organizations have proliferated in the past three years. The increase has been spurred by private payors' interest in coordinated care management and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which introduced the Medicare Shared Savings Program. There has…
More than half of young physicians are pessimistic about the future of U.S. healthcare, according to a survey released yesterday. The Physicians Foundation study, which questioned 500 physicians age 40 and under, reveals widespread concern about healthcare legislation and dissatisfaction…