Some hospitals and health systems are striving to reduce costs and prepare for accountable care organizations by banding together in shared service arrangements.
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Premier healthcare alliance, which serves more than 2,400 hospitals, has offered feedback on the National Committee for Quality Assurance's 2011 draft of accountable care organization criteria, saying accreditation should focus on outcomes rather than structure, according to a Premier news…
It is likely only a matter of time until your hospital is asked to subsidize its anesthesia provider, if it hasn't already faced this request. Anesthesia groups are more regularly asking hospitals for subsidies, and hospitals are taking these requests…
Accountable care organizations are receiving a considerable amount of hype, but many experts are wary about the program’s implications. “On the surface of it, an ACO sounds like a wonderful thing. Who would be against motherhood, apple pie or ACOs?”…
Four primary care medical associations — American Academy of Family Physicians, American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Physicians and American Osteopathic Association — released their joint principles for accountable care organizations, according to an AAFP news release.
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St. Joseph Mercy Health System in Ann Arbor, Mich., will acquire Michigan Heart PC, a 34-physician cardiovascular group also in Ann Arbor, according to a Crain’s Detroit Business report.
In a Nov. 17 letter to CMS, the AHA outlined several principles and themes that should guide implementation of accountable care organizations. Here are 15 suggestions the AHA brought up in its letter.
Several high-profile conservative politicians have made headlines in recent weeks by vowing to repeal, or at least pare down, the healthcare reform law as it stands today. While debate will continue to surround areas of the law such as the…
A recent report by the Government Accountability Office suggests that while integrated healthcare systems support patient care and access to care, they still face significant challenges, according to the report.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health, the largest healthcare provider in New Hampshire, and Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield have launched a pilot payment program to prepare for an accountable care organization, according to a release from Dartmouth-Hitchcock.