Julie Sanderson-Austin, RN, vice president for quality management and research at the American Medical Group Association, outlines 12 steps to create a successful accountable care organization from a medical group's perspective.
Integration & Physician Issues
The lack of patient support and surplus of patient suspicion over accountable care organizations may severely threaten their success, according to a piece by New York Times columnist Pauline W. Chen, MD. Dr. Chen says patients are not fully aware…
Accountable care organizations involve a lengthy to-do list, but it’s still important for hospitals and physicians to know what not to do as they work to develop their organizations. Here are five mistakes that will make the challenge of ACOs…
New Jersey's Senate committee on health, human services and senior citizens has approved legislation that would allow healthcare providers to develop accountable care organizations for Medicaid recipients, according to a Star-Ledger report.
At least one accountable care organization is extending its provider base to include chiropractors.
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Louisville (Ky.) Cardiology Group has officially joined Baptist Medical Associates, Baptist Healthcare System's physician group, according to a Business First report.
Columbia, Md.-based MedStar Health is in discussions to acquire Cardiology Associates, a cardiology practice with six locations throughout the metro Washington, D.C.-area, according to a Washington Business Journal report.
Ron Seifert, vice president at the Hay Group in Philadelphia, explains why the trend toward physician employment in hospitals will continue, even though he is currently seeing a temporary slowdown in transactions.
To create leading healthcare institutions, physicians and hospitals must be aligned in multiple areas over a sustained period of time. However, today, the historical basis for a working relationship between physicians and hospitals has broken down due to increased competition…
At a time when hospitals seek alignment with physicians to build accountable care organizations, 45 percent of physicians in a recent survey indicated they did not know what an ACO is, according to a report by HCPlexus.