As a result of healthcare reform law, hospitals face a bevy of regulations including payment reductions for certain readmissions as well as new demonstration and pilot projects related to more accountable care and shared payment. The regulations surrounding these projects…
Integration & Physician Issues
In a letter to CMS, America's Health Insurance Plans, the insurers' trade group, is cautioning federal regulators against loosening antitrust and fraud regulations to accommodate accountable care organizations.
The American Hospital Association's next Town Hall Interactive webcast will focus on developing an accountable care organization, according to an AHA News Now report.
Federal regulators are expected to release policies regarding CMS' accountable care organization demonstration project — a project created by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act — later this fall. One area that these policies will address is how patients…
Hospitals today are increasingly employing physicians for a variety of reasons, including the desire to gain more control over referrals and to be prepared for movement towards the accountable care model. However, some specialties are markedly more sought after than…
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Rather than save money, some experts argue accountable care organizations will further inflate prices, as hospitals unite with physicians and other providers against private insurers, according to a report by the Washington Post.
Physicians are offering new payment options, networking with other physicians to boost referrals and accepting more Medicaid and uninsured patients as the uninsured population grows to top 50 million, according to an American Medical News report.
More than 100 pediatricians have decided to leave UT Medical Group to join UT Le Bonheur Pediatric Specialists, a new joint venture between Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, according to a Daily…
Although the regulations for Medicare accountable care organizations created by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act have yet to be released, many healthcare providers across the country are beginning to develop infrastructure to support these entities. While the transition…
Ocala (Fla.) Health System has acquired 25-physician Family Care Specialists and Advanced Imaging Centers, both owned by Advanced Medical Network, which is also based in Ocala, according to a Star-Banner report.