Steven M. Lieberman, managing member of Lieberman Consulting in Bethesda, Md., is a visiting Scholar at the Brookings Institution and former assistant director of the White House Office of Management and Budget. Here he details seven points on federal planning…

In coming years, the ability to craft a strong primary care model will become a key determinant of a hospital’s success. Winning organizations will be those who understand that the pluralistic primary care model will incorporate more than physicians and…

Providing more primary care services and making sure patients routinely see primary care clinicians do not guarantee patients will have better outcomes, according to a new report from the Dartmouth Atlas Project.

A panel of experts will discuss accountable care organizations and market power issues on Thursday in Washington, D.C., moderated by Joe Miller of America's Health Insurance Plans, according to an AHIP news release.

Boston Medical Center and Cambridge Health Alliance, two large hospital groups that treat many poor patients, are approaching the financial cuts imposed by universal health coverage with radically different strategies, according to a Boston Globe report.

The government's encouragement of coordinated care is leading many hospitals to consider developing or joining accountable care organizations, and healthcare futurist Joe Flower, who works with clients ranging from World Health Organization to Global Business Network, says the move is…

Healthcare reform has created an impetus for hospitals and other healthcare providers to work together to provide more efficient, higher quality care. These efforts are likely to take many forms, and the use of bundled payments specifically for acute-care episodes…

Hospitals near Boise, Idaho, are increasingly employing physicians who are heading to hospitals due to economic pressures on their private practices, according to an Idaho Statesman report.

Federal enforcement agencies have released a preliminary agenda of an Oct. 5 workshop to gather industry-wide comments on possibly changing federal laws and regulations to protect accountable care organizations from prosecution, according to a notice in the Federal Register.

Renton, Wash.-based Providence Health & Services has merged with Hospice of The Gorge, effective Dec. 1, according to a Portland Business Journal report.