CaroMont Health in Gastonia, N.C., and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina have created a bundled payment program for knee replacements, according to a news release.
Integration & Physician Issues
What is the key to a successful accountable care organization? Hospital leaders across the country are asking this question as they await the release of ACO regulations. Some say employing physicians, some electronic health records. The most likely answer, however,…
Mercy Health System and Centegra Health System have proposed plans to build hospitals less than 10 miles apart in McHenry County, Ill., according to a TribLocal report.
Healthcare reform may have accelerated what is already one of the fastest growing medical specialties in the country: hospital medicine. The specialty appeared in the early 1990s, with the term “hospitalist” coined in a 1996 New England Journal of Medicine…
Emerging accountable care organizations that are focusing extensively on primary care redesign may be overlooking a part of the care continuum that may yield the greatest benefit — post-acute care. With early payment reforms targeting hospital readmissions, success in the…
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A recent study by a professor of economics at the University of Zurich published in Health Affairs suggests that accountable care models could face resistance from providers and consumers if fee-for-service models remain an option.
A joint venture between Saint Thomas Health Services in Nashville, Tenn., and radiology groups in the Nashville area will create an outpatient imaging network worth approximately $95 million according to a Nashville Post report. The new network, called Saint Thomas…
Anthem Blue Cross, Sharp Community Medical Group and Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Centers will pilot an accountable care organization, according to a release from Anthem.
The Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative has created a Center for Accountable Care to promote a patient-centered primary care model in accountable care organizations, according to a news release.
Warren, Mich.-based St. John Providence Health System has arranged a 50-50 co-management deal between physicians and hospitals to co-manage their cardiovascular service line, according to a Crain's Detroit Business report.