A research team led by the Cleveland Clinic has released an improved system for comparing quality of care between hospitals and physicians, according to a report in the journal Anesthesia.

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.

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 mortality rate for coronary artery bypass graft surgeries at California hospitals fell by 19 percent from 2003-2007, according to a release by the California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development.

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…

In a new kind of hospital contract, Aetna will reward Chester County Hospital in West Chester, Pa., for meeting key core measures, Medicare's process-of-care measures, an Aetna representative confirms.

Training OR staff on how to work as a team markedly reduces hospital mortality rates, according to a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Here are 10 recent stories from Becker's Hospital Review on best practices for developing an accountable care organization.

Wrong-site and wrong-patient procedures persist at a high frequency, calling for the promotion of a zero-tolerance policy for preventable medical errors, according to a study published in the Oct. 2010 issue of Archives of Surgery.