The Federal Trade Commission has said consumers are likely to be harmed if Texas Senate Bill 8, which would establish ACO-like collaboratives to move healthcare in the state toward pay-for-performance, is enacted, according to an FTC news release.
Integration & Physician Issues
Hospitals pursuing financial relationships with physicians must be focused on legal compliance. The following 13 questions can be used as barometers to help assess legal compliance from a Stark Act, Anti-Kickback and Tax Exempt entity perspective. The core laws apply…
Like many other hospitals, we had been seriously considering implementing an accountable care organization. It seemed like the right thing to do to meet the needs of patients. The purpose was to make healthcare more efficient by integrating hospital care…
The following article is written by Michael McKevitt, senior vice president, business development, for Regent Surgical Health. The ambulatory surgery center sector of the healthcare industry is showing signs of maturity. Growth in the number of new centers, overall…
The California Association of Physician Groups is endorsing CMS' new plans to allow formation of new Pioneer accountable care organizations for more highly integrated organizations, according to a release by CAPG.
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The three hospitals within Long Island, N.Y.-based East End Health Alliance have established a new physician hospital organization, according to an EEHA news release. Eastern Long Island Hospital in Greenport, Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead and Southampton (N.Y.) Hospital…
University Hospital in Augusta, Ga., is designating $15 million towards the acquisition of physician practices, according to an Augusta Chronicle report. The 612-bed hospital, part of University Health Care System, is planning a “first wave” purchase of 30 physicians specializing…
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced the creation of so-called “Pioneer ACOs” on May 17 in an attempt to blunt heavy criticism over the draft regulations on Accountable Care Organizations issued on March 31, 2011. The draft regulations…
Since its announcement on Tuesday, CMS has released few documents outlining how its new Pioneer accountable care organizations would work or exactly how proposed advanced payments for ACOs would be formulated and distributed. Here is what is known so far.
As hospitals and other providers begin to have second thoughts about accountable are organizations under Medicare, similar arrangements being organized by private payors are beginning to look like a better alternative, says Rob Parke, a principal and consulting actuary with…