The following is an excerpt from a white paper by James C. Robinson and Emma L. Dolan, written for the Integrated Healthcare Association (www.iha.org). To view the complete white paper, click here (pdf).
Integration & Physician Issues
An accountable care organization should cover no more than 20 percent of providers in its market, according to a new white paper released by the payors' trade group, America's Health Insurance Plans.
A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association recognized the importance of assessing the performance of accountable care organizations and suggested ACOs use different measurement approaches through the use of electronic health records, according to the study.
Enloe Medical Center in Chico, Calif., has named Myron Machula CFO, according to a Central Valley Business Times report.
Based on experiences of the Premier ACO Collaborative, involving more than 80 hospitals, Premier has proposed a variety of regulations for accountable care organizations in a letter to CMS, according to a report by Premier.
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The National Committee for Quality Assurance, which accredits managed care organizations, has released a set of draft standards for accountable care organizations and is asking for public comment through Nov. 19, according to a release by NCQA.
Southeastern Wisconsin's ProHealth Care and the local independent physician association Waukesha (Wis.) Elmbrook Health Care have formed the first accountable care organization in southeast Wisconsin, according to a Business Journal report.
The transition to accountable care organizations and shared savings is looking to be as dramatic as hospitals' shift to DRGs in the early 1980s, says Robert Betka Jr., a consultant with Catalyst Management Advisors in Grand Rapids, Mich. "This is…
Here are 10 recent stories from Becker's Hospital Review on best practices for developing an accountable care organization.
North Carolina hospitals are competing over physician practices, driven by the recession, looming healthcare reform changes and reimbursement cuts, according to a News Observer report.