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…
Integration & Physician Issues
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…
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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.
CMS and the HHS Office of Inspector General have issued a joint notice seeking comments on potential waivers for Medicare accountable care organizations on the physician self-referral law, the anti-kickback statute and the civil monetary penalty law.
Scott & White Healthcare has begun construction today on a five-story, 143-bed acute care hospital in College Station, Texas, according to a health system news release.
The Internal Revenue Service has issued a notice laying out its views on how participation in an accountable care organization could affect a non-profit hospital's tax-exempt status, and the agency is asking for comments on the topic.
HHS has released a 429-page proposed rule on Medicare accountable care organizations. Comments on the proposed rule will be accepted for 60 days. ACOs are slated to start in Jan. 2012.