CMS recently released the long-awaited rules for accountable care organizations. Now hospital leaders face the daunting task of sifting through over 400 pages of regulations to understand how to develop ACOs. One element of ACOs that leaders already know, however,…
Integration & Physician Issues
Wyoming Medical Center in Casper and Cheyenne (Wyo.) Regional Medical Center have reportedly been meeting to establish a statewide accountable care organization, according to a Billings Gazette report. WMC announced plans to explore the feasibility of a statewide ACO last…
Humility of Mary Health Partners, based in Youngstown, Ohio, has acquired a seven-physician cardiology practice, according to a 33WYTV report. Diagnostic Cardiology Associates, a private practice based in Poland, Ohio, has joined the three-hospital health system. Humility of Mary Health…
In their new book, Accountable Care Organizations: Your Guide to Strategy, Design, and Implementation, Marc Bard, MD, chief innovation officer in Navigant’s Healthcare Practice, and Mike Nugent, managing director in Navigant’s Healthcare Practice, offer practical advice for hospitals to assess…
There exist over 5,000 Medicare certified ASCs in the country, up from around 3,000 ASCs a decade ago. Over 90 percent of these ASCs have physician ownership. Around 20 percent of the ASCs have a hospital as an equity partner.…
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Memphis, Tenn.-based Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare has acquired Penn Marc Internal Medicine, according to a Commercial Appeal news release.
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.
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.