Category: ACO

For some reason in healthcare IT we like to go through a series of buzzwords. They rotate through the years, but usually have a very similar meaning. The best example is EMR and EHR. You could nuance a difference between the two terms, but in practice they both are used interchangeably and we all know…

Arizona Care Network (ACN) and UnitedHealthcare have launched an accountable care organization (ACO), with nearly 15,000 Phoenix-area residents enrolled in UnitedHealthcare’s employer-sponsored health plans. Arizona Care Network (ACN) and UnitedHealthcare have launched an accountable care organization (ACO), with nearly 15,000 Phoenix-area residents enrolled in UnitedHealthcare’s employer-sponsored health plans. Arizona Care Network, formed through collaboration among…

The final battle of the war over the Affordable Care Act is being waged today over expanding Medicaid. … The refusal of more than half the states to cover so many of their neediest citizens -; the number who have fallen into the “coverage gap” is estimated at 5 million -; amazes and frustrates health…

Admit it: After seven months of full-blown hysteria, you’re finding it hard to stay interested in how many people sign up for Obamacare. We’ve known for some time that whatever existential threats the Affordable Care Act faces, low enrollment is no longer one of them. …read more    

0 As the number of insured Americans increases under the provisions of the Affordable Care Act, how is healthcare IT playing to make sure that this new population is getting the quality of healthcare they need and are entitled to? After all, nationally the number of Americans who are newly enrolled in private health insurance…

Senate Panel Backs Health Coverage For Those In The Country IllegallyA proposal to have the state fund an expansion of health care to cover low-income residents in the country illegally was advanced Wednesday by the state Senate Health Committee. Sen. Ricardo Lara (D-Bell Gardens) introduced SB 1005, which would use state money to expand Medi-Cal…

Primary care providers who provide clinical HIV care (HIV PCPs) are experiencing rising HIV caseloads from newly insured patients under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), according to a national survey released today by HealthHIV. …read more    

Where should healthcare organization focus their security spending in 2014? With cyber attacks growing more sophisticated and with more severe regulatory enforcement in place, it’s a vital question, says John D. Halamka, CIO of Boston’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. read more …read more    

The Fibromyalgia Association of Michigan (FAM) will host its 13th annual event at the Webber Cancer Center at St. John Macomb-Oakland Hospital on 11800 12 Mile Road from 12:30 – 5:30 PM. …read more    

In the five years since the HITECH Act was passed into law as part of the Affordable Care Act, Joy Pritts, chief privacy officer at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, believes that despite some privacy and security wins, the healthcare industry’s knowledge of the law continues to lag. read more …read…