ACO news from FierceHealthcare
NewsHospital CEO shares his patient-centered care strategy
"Hospitals can be powerful partners in local efforts to address the many determinants of health," writes George Kerwin, president and CEO of Bellin Health Systems in Green Bay, Wisc., in an editorial Read more...
Cigna ACO pilots are improving quality, cutting costs
Cigna's ACO pilots are doing so well at improving quality and lowering costs that the healthcare payer plans to more than double its pilot programs later this year. Cigna (NYSE: CI) has seen Read more...
ACOs lose money in the first three years
Most health systems using an accountable care organization model will lose money during the first three years, concludes a new report published by the New England Journal of Medicine. The authors Read more...
Accountable care will require fierce communication strategies
The success of accountable care models will hinge not only on the ability of all stakeholders to coordinate care across the continuum--from out-patient to inpatient, from rehab to preventive Read more...
Sebelius: ACOs can be hospital-free
Doctors have told Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius that they're concerned accountable care organizations could become dominated by hospitals and force physicians to Read more...
Unlike failed PHO initiatives, ACOs focus on clinical outcomes, not utilization
Until CMS issues a proposed rule that defines them more clearly, accountable care organizations are destined to remain amorphous and blurry at best. Just what are they? And what are their primary Read more...
Berwick hints at what proposed ACO rule might address
Any day now, CMS should come out with a proposed accountable care organization rule. Until then, we'll just have to read tea leaves. In this case, whatever hints CMS administrator, Dr. Donald Berwick Read more...
MinuteClinic's Sussman: Despite medical home efforts, a lot of 'medical homelessness'
MinuteClinic has been growing rapidly, with 49 percent growth in 2009 and 22 percent growth in last year alone. FierceHealthcare recently checked in with Dr. Andrew Sussman (pictured), president of Read more...
ACOs: Revolutionary, or simply an 'HMO in drag'?
Many have criticized ACOs. Could it be we're doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results (the definition of insanity)? If you're still puzzled by accountable care Read more...
Doubts surface over whether ACOs really will cut costs
Accountable care organizations are supposed to help cut costs by operating more efficiently. But will they really save money? That's a question some critics are asking, the Wall Street Journal Read more...
| Press ReleasesSneak Preview: NCQA Accreditation of Accountable Care Organizations (ACO)--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- NCQA: WHAT: A briefing by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) about its new accreditation program for Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) that launches November Read more >> Medicomp Systems Announces Partnership to Integrate Quippe® into MED3OOO ProductCHANTILLY, Va., Nov. 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Medicomp Systems newest documentation and patient management application, Quippe, has been imbedded into MED3OOO's InteGreat EHR. Quippe is an easy to use Read more >> Navigant Assesses Final ACO RegulationsFinal ACO Rule Will be More Palatable to Physicians and Hospital Financial Executives CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Navigant (NYSE: NCI) announced today its assessment of the final ACO Rule published on Read more >> Anesthesia Business Consultants Alerts Anesthesiologists to the Finalized ACO RegulationsJACKSON, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ABC is pleased that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has made many physician- and patient-friendly changes in the final regulations on Read more >> Purchaser-Led Group Finds Little Experience with Shared-Risk Payment Among Health Care Providers and PayersStudy Shows Need for Further Experimentation and Monitoring SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Today, Catalyst for Payment Reform (CPR) released a Commonwealth Fund-commissioned study, conducted in Read more >> |
