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Care Delivery Models
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Governors team up for healthcare sustainability, innovation
Heeding healthcare industry calls for payment reform, Govs. John Kitzhaber of Oregon and Bill Haslam of Tennessee will lead the new Health Care Sustainability Task Force to help governors innovate their Medicaid programs and achieve low-cost, high-quality healthcare.
Experts: Physician-led ACOs may save more money
Not only do physician-led ACOs slightly outnumber their hospital-based counterparts, but they also may be superior at saving money, according to presenters at an ACO summit hosted by America's Health Insurance Plans.
Nurse scope-of-practice controversy continues
Despite policy analysts calling for more liberal scope-of-practice regulations for nurse practitioners to meet growing demand, new research reveals a nurse-doctor disconnect over giving NPs more professional leeway.
Reform barely impacts healthcare costs, use in Massachusetts
Healthcare reform in Massachusetts, which served as the model for the federal law, didn't lead to a significant increase in healthcare utilization, length of stay or costs, according to new research from the American Heart Association.
CMS slates $1B for healthcare innovation awards
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Wednesday it will spend up to $1 billion to fund awards and evaluations of projects that test new payment and service delivery models designed to cut costs and improve patient care.
Struggle continues over expanded role for nurses
Despite policy analysts calling for more liberal scope-of-practice regulations for nurse practitioners to meet growing demand, new research reveals a nurse-doctor disconnect over giving NPs more professional leeway.
Physician satisfaction: Adapt to the system or break free?
With new challenges seemingly at every turn, it's easy to get caught up in lamenting problems. But if you look at most situations a different way, you can usually just as many potential...
Industry support building for direct care
While direct care has been used in several specialties, one of the model's prominent supporters is the American Academy of Family Physicians, which issued a policy in March outlining the benefits of direct or retainer-based care to physicians and patients.
Practices must weigh pros and cons of adding house calls
Thanks to updates in reimbursement models as well as mobile health technologies, modern physician practices are becoming more amenable to providing house calls. But before you include these visits into your practice, consider these three factors.
Culture change, management expertise essential to doc-hospital alignment
The number of hospital-employed physicians continue to rise, but these hospital-physician relationships are rife with pitfalls. Hospital leaders need to reach out to involve physicians in decisions and policy-making in order to sustain these relationships.
