Category: ACO
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Obstacles Ahead: One OB/Gyn’s Skeptical Views on Healthcare Reform
As a result of the federal government’s push towards a value-based healthcare system, providers are being pushed to be part of alternative payment models such as ACOs. Nonetheless, research shows that physicians remain uncertain about the structure and effectiveness of these paradigms. As a result of the federal government’s push towards a value-based healthcare system,…
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Washington Debrief: ONC’s Funding Maintained at Same Level in FY2016
The House and Senate both put forth appropriations bills that maintained ONC’s current funding level through FY2016, approximately $60.4 million. The bills also maintained the prohibition of a national health identifier. Top News: Supreme Court Upholds ACA Subsidies Key Takeaway: In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court upheld the validity of tax credits used by…
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Study identifies effective market research approaches for understanding payer decision-making
The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling this week in support of the Affordable Care Act was good news for the health insurance industry. If the court had ruled against the government, insurers were at risk of losing millions of customers. Read more from originating source…
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Morning Headlines 6/26/15
Supreme Court saves Obamacare In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court rules in favor of preserving ACA subsidies for the six million users obtaining insurance through Healthcare.gov. Arcadia Healthcare Solutions Acquires Leading Managed Care and ACO Implementation Provider Sage Technologies Data aggregation and analytics firm Arcadia Healthcare Solutions acquires Sate Technologies, a company focused on…
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CVS Health partners with providers on electronic health information
Four health providers are partnering with CVS Health to allow communication between electronic health records and the pharmacy. read more Read more from originating source…
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Setting Clinical IT Priorities
By John Halamka In my previous writing, I’ve suggested that the federal government co-opted our Clinical IT agenda over the past three years with Meaningful Use Stage 2, ICD-10, the HIPAA Omnibus Rule, and the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Now that Stage 2 attestation is done, ICD-10 is on a trajectory for October go live,…
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Jacob Reider M.D: CMIOs Need To Be True Transformational Leaders
On the eve of the annual AMDIS conference, former Deputy National Coordinator Jacob Reider, M.D. reflects on the current landscape of health system change—and CMIOs’ potential to be transformational change agents Since leaving his position as Deputy National Coordinator for Health IT and CMIO at the Office of the National Office Health IT in October…
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Lawmakers introduce bill to extend MU to behavioral health providers
Reps. Tim Murphy (R-Pa.) and Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas) have reintroduced a bill that would, among other things, add behavioral health providers to the Meaningful Use program. read more Read more from originating source…
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Washington Healthcare Authority selects UW Medicine ACN as new healthcare option for employees
The UW Medicine Accountable Care Network today announced that the Washington Healthcare Authority has chosen the UW Medicine ACN as a new healthcare option for those enrolled in the Public Employees Benefit Board (PEBB) program. The new option will be available to these employees during the 2015 open enrollment period in November, with coverage beginning…
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Are There Signs It’s Time to Rethink the Current Orthodoxy on Readmissions?
0 Two recently released studies provide considerable food for thought regarding where the problems really lie—and don’t lie—when it comes to averting rehospitalizations Is it time to begin to rethink the current orthodoxy on avoidable readmissions? Or is it perhaps simply time to get more granular about the whole concept? The publication of new research…