The Hawaii Medical Service Association, an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, and Honolulu-based Queen's Health Systems, have signed a three-year contract to base hospital rewards on quality and safety, according to an HMSA news release.
Integration & Physician Issues
During the March 29 Becker’s Hospital Review webinar, titled “Impact of Physician-Hospital Alignment on CV Service Line and Practice Performance,” P. Anthony Long, senior vice president of Paragon Health; James M. Palazzo, president of Paragon Health; and Suzette Jaskie, executive…
The newly released HHS proposed regulation on accountable care organizations assumes that just 11 percent of Medicare beneficiaries would be assigned to ACOs, according to a new analysis of the 429-page document by the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions.
Cigna has reported improved quality and costs from its collaborative accountable care pilot initiatives, according to a Cigna news release.
Hudson Heart Associates, a five-cardiologist practice in Suffern, N.Y., has been sold to New York Presbyterian Hospital in New York City, according to a Journal News report. The cardiologists will remain at the Suffern office and also expect to continue…
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Duluth, Minn.-based Essentia Health System has acquired two clinics and three pharmacies from Two Harbors, Minn.-based SuperiorHealth, according to a WDIO report.
This article briefly outlines 50 things to know about the Medicare Shared Savings Program proposed rule — which established Medicare accountable care organizations — released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on March 31. The article begins…
CMS Administrator Don Berwick, MD, said he would listen carefully to concerns about newly released proposed rules for accountable care organizations, according to an article he wrote in the New England Journal of Medicine in conjunction with release of the…
A recent article in the New England Journal of Medicine [1] has attracted significant attention because of its apparent implications to accountable care organizations. This article references the Medicare Physician Group Practice (PGP) demonstration project that operated from 2005 through…
Although hospitals may lose $150,000-$250,000 per year for the first three years of employing a physician, the sacrifice may be worth improved outcomes from integrated care delivery, according to a report published in New England Journal of Medicine.