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Quality missing from ACO equation?
Although most often applied to the Medicare Shared Savings Program or the Pioneer Accountable Care Organization, the term ACO has far-reaching applications, including those outside of the federal
'Largest commercial ACO' earns early results
With only six months of data, the largest hospital system in Illinois, Advocate Health Care, and major health insurer Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois (BCBSIL) are declaring some early successes
Hoag Memorial Hospital plans ACO with Blue Cross
Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, Blue Shield of California and Greater Newport Physicians IPA yesterday announced an accountable care initiative that is set to launch July 1. The three-year ACO
Accurate population data predict ACO success
With fears that the accountable care organization (ACO) experiment will repeat the history of HMOs, industry experts and hospitals alike are trying to figure out how successful ACOs will be in
Pioneer ACO notification letters mislead patients, anger docs
Recent letters notifying patients about accountable care organization (ACO) changes are misleading patients into thinking their providers agreed to the federal program when some haven't, physicians
IT in ACOs: Hospital execs writing their own instruction manuals
Hospital executives are divided on whether or when accountable care organizations are going to be a major part of their business. But some healthcare systems are starting to put together the pieces
Communitywide HIE a 'foundational element' in health system's ACO strategy
Eastern Connecticut Health Network (ECHN), a not-for-profit healthcare system, has contracted with MobileMD, a Yardley, Pa.-based vendor, to help it build a communitywide health information exchange.
MGMA preview: Get the answers you need now on ACOs
The more practices learn about the emergence of accountable care organizations (ACO), the more confusing it can get as to how this new model will affect their futures--and what they should be doing
Patient-centeredness evalutated for medical home recognition
Up to this point, patient-centered medical homes have been recognized and rewarded mostly by measuring practice capabilities, rather than by assessing whether care is actually patient-centered. In
Three reasons specialists are eyeing ACOs
Just like primary-care physicians , specialists need to look at the big picture regarding whether joining an accountable care organization makes sense. Although ACOs are not meant to be focused on
