Many healthcare providers have openly voiced their criticisms and problems with accountable care organizations, but the model is also bringing on significant challenges for lawyers, according to an article in the National Law Journal. Lawyers complain the new measure of…
Integration & Physician Issues
Physician-hospital alignment is becoming more important as hospitals seek to lower costs, improve care and prepare themselves for payment models that reward collaboration. Kenneth Cohn, MD, MBA, FACS, a practicing surgeon and the author of Getting It Done, discusses seven…
A Florida hospital is finding itself estranged from a local family care physician group after the practice announced its physicians would no longer treat or admit patients in the hospital, according to a Star-Banner report. Family Care Specialists in Ocala,…
Winchester, Va.-based Valley Health System has acquired Ridgewood, Va.-based Valley Heart Group, according to a Cliffview Pilot report. System officials say the acquisition of the five-member practice will enhance Valley Health’s ability to provide the best possible cardiac care. Valley…
Premier Healthcare Alliance has written a white paper outlining key financial and risk differences between three accountable care organization models: the Pioneer ACO and Tracks 1 and 2 of Medicare Shared Savings Program. The paper compares the financial differences between…
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A new Commonwealth Fund-commissioned study suggests that while Medicare proposes that healthcare providers assume "shared risk" in its Medicare Shared Savings Program, very few healthcare providers and private payors have experience with such payment arrangements, according to a news release.
George Halvorson, chairman and CEO of Kaiser Permanente, has said he thinks there will be “a lot of energy” in the healthcare arena towards commercial accountable care organizations, according to a Kaiser Health News report. In the interview, Mr. Halvorson…
Washington, D.C.-based news outlet The Hill has obtained a leaked copy of the confidential draft proposal for Pioneer Accountable Care Organizations, which contains the calculations and methodologies used to define the program. The 43-page draft indicates that, under the proposed…
Central Florida hospitals collectively raked in $357.6 million in profit in 2010, representing a 24 percent increase from 2009, according to an Orlando Business Journal news report.
The American Medical Association has released a guide for physicians on accountable care organizations, covering the model’s legal and governance issues. The guide covers the numerous points on physicians’ role in ACOs. It also outlines the possible avenues physicians can…