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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
Follow-up care, nursing vital to reducing readmissions
Are you keeping track of the makeup of your patient population? What about transitional care, does your hospital have a sound policy in place? If not, then you may not be doing everything you can to
25% of hospital execs 'not familiar' with ACO regs
While accountable care organization (ACO) Pioneers are set to launch before the year's end , a recent report indicates that many hospital executives remain unaware of the federal regulations needed to
10 do's and don'ts of accountable care organizations
The uncharted waters of accountable care organizations (ACO) don't make for smooth sailing. Experts from Massachusetts General Hospital and the University of California detailed 10 potential mistakes
Hospital ACO model saved $400k, cut readmissions
Do accountable care organizations (ACOs) produce better patient outcomes? That's still up for debate in the hotly contested issue with some supporting coordinated care and others slamming the
Successful information sharing fosters ACOs
Although cautiously hopeful, healthcare leaders say that successful health information exchange can prompt equally successful infrastructure for accountable care organizations (ACOs), according to a
Legal hurdles in ACO process to dissuade participants
The legal challenges associated with accountable care organizations (ACOs) might dissuade healthcare institutions, providers, and payers from hopping on the bandwagon, according to an article in The
Kaiser CEO: ACOs will coordinate care despite few takers
Even though trends point to greater accountability and care coordination, there will be likely few participants in accountable care organizations (ACOs), according to Kaiser Permanente CEO and
Step-by-step quality improvement measures can ease ACO implementation
Despite the huge undertaking that many skeptics say would be required of accountable care organizations (ACO), leaders at Tuesday's Second National Accountable Care Organization Summit in Washington,
CMS insists data sharing vital to ACO quality improvement efforts
Despite patient privacy concerns, a key component for accountable care organizations achieving quality improvement likely will be data sharing, Jon Blum, deputy administrator and director of CMS,
