In March 2010, while Congress was reviewing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, one media outlet hired a speed-reader for an on-air segment to thumb through the bill’s 2,074 pages. His eyes spent slightly more than five seconds on…
Integration & Physician Issues
The American Hospital Association has launched its Physician Leadership Forum, an organization that will work closely with physicians to identify best practices in value-based care and strengthen physician leadership in hospitals, according to the PLF website. The organization is led…
In a survey of executives at 1,852 hospitals, 33.2 percent of respondents said it is extremely likely their hospital will become part of an accountable care organization — but only 6.8 percent believe ACOs can improve quality and efficiency. The…
Beverly, Mass.-based Northeast Health System will affiliate with Burlington, Mass.-based Lahey Clinic Medical Center, according to a LCMC news release.
Hospital-based physicians and pathologist groups in Illinois have filed a lawsuit seeking the invalidation of Illinois legislation designed to shift the burden of patient-related costs from insurers to practitioners of certain medical specialties, according to a news release from law…
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During a visit to Columbus, Ohio-based Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Ohio Gov. John Kasich discussed his thoughts on a state “medical corridor,” care collaboration between children’s hospitals and an insurance exchange, according to a Columbus Business First report. The Republican governor…
1. Advocate Health Care (Oakbrook, Ill.). Advocate partnered with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois in Oct. 2010 to form a three-year ACO. Advocate agreed to limit annual increases in return for the opportunity to share in savings resulting…
A recent white paper by the American Health Information Management association has outlined accountable care organizations’ implications for managing health information, highlighting certain measures hospital leaders should take in the shift towards accountable care. The paper says the conventional understanding…
The vision underlying the accountable care movement is worth “pursuing with bold steps,” according to a recent New England Journal of Medicine article, which suggests ways for CMS to improve ACO participation without sacrificing the model’s provisions. ACOs need more…
Based on their study findings, researchers have concluded healthcare providers can improve and sustain high healthcare quality while controlling costs through a global payment approach, according to a news release from Harvard Medical School.