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…
Integration & Physician Issues
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.
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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…
Luke Peterson, a National Director of Kurt Salmon's Healthcare Strategy Group, discusses how hospitals are approaching new strategic plans and using effectiveness data to gain a competitive advantage.
The same venture capital firm that put money behind Amazon.com and AOL is now lending support to accountable care organizations, according to a Kaiser Health News report. Menlo Park, Calif.-based Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers is putting $61 million into…
Seventy percent of physician practices, both independent and hospital operated, reported already being in the process of becoming or interested in becoming a patient-centered medical home, according to an MGMA news release.
The American Medical Association has released a new chapter in its physician resource manual that provides an overview of the process and issues to be considered when negotiating a physician-hospital employment agreement, according to an AMA news release.