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Accountable Care Organizations: Your Guide to Strategy, Design, and Implementation, by Marc Bard and Mike Nugent
Are you ready to be an Accountable Care Organization (ACO)? Significant new opportunities and challenges face health systems, hospitals, and physician practices as they decide whether to participate in the new Medicare Shared Savings Program and join together to [...]
Hospital Readmissions: Data on Hospital Readmission Rates for Medicare, Medicaid, Privately Insured, and Uninsured Patients
Hospital readmission rates are receiving increasing attention by Medicare, Medicaid, and private health plans. Research shows that a high proportion of hospital readmissions are preventable. Most hospital payment methods, most notably the Medicare Part A inpatient [...]
Accountable Care Organizations: Primer on ACOs and Medicare Shared Savings Program
The Accountable Care Organization (ACO) model is a new Medicare option for physicians, hospitals, and other providers to share in cost-savings. ACOs represent a dramatic change in Medicare policy and an opportunity to transform care delivery [...]
Accountable Care Organizations: Kip Piper’s Interview with Mark B. McClellan, MD, PhD
Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) of 2010, Medicare providers, including physician groups and hospitals, will soon have the option to form Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) to improve quality and efficiency. ACO providers [...]
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