Cardiologists may have to quickly assess whether and how to align themselves with ACOs, said Steven Lieberman, formerly assistant director of the White House Office of Management and Budget and executive associate director of the Congressional Budget Office at MedAxiom's…
Integration & Physician Issues
At an Oct. 5 listening session on antitrust enforcement for accountable care organizations, FTC representatives asked whether possible waivers from antitrust laws should require ACOs to have certain basic attributes, such as use of electronic medical records.
FTC representatives asked stakeholders at an on Oct. 5 listening session on accountable care organizations whether planning for ACOs was the cause of the current upswing in mergers and acquisitions of both hospitals and physicians practices.
Fargo, N.D.-based Orthopaedic Associates and Sanford Health, also in Fargo, have completed their merger, according to a Sanford Health news release.
At federal regulators' listening session on accountable care organizations on Oct. 5, FTC representatives asked stakeholders whether antitrust enforcement should encourage providers to join more than on ACO.
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1. While ACOs have been promoted as part of the Healthcare Reform Act for Medicare patients, and pilot programs are being established, the real movement with ACOs seems to be with commercial payors at the moment. Further, the acceleration of…
Don Berwick, MD, CMS administrator, Baltimore. Dr. Berwick has become a major player in the ACO world by virtue of overseeing implementation of Medicare ACOs at CMS. The agency is expected to release draft regulations on ACOs by the end…
Saint Joseph Mercy Health System in Ann Arbor, Mich., and IHA, one of the largest physician group practices in the Ann Arbor area, have announced they will merge, according to a Saint Joseph Mercy news release.
Oak Brook, Ill.-based Advocate Health Care and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois have announced an agreement that holds the health system and its physicians accountable for the care they provide, essentially operating as an accountable care organization, according…
Kicking off a day-long federal listening session with stakeholders, CMS Administrator Don Berwick, MD, outlined his concept of the accountable care organization and how federal agencies should oversee ACOs.