Category: ACO

Some healthcare IT leaders call it the perfect storm: the buffeting crosswinds of increased regulatory quality reporting, ICD-10 implementation, and the shift to accountable care. Is it any wonder that CIOs and CMIOs are expecting more from their technology solution vendors and service providers? Some healthcare IT leaders call it the perfect storm: the buffeting…

eClinicalWorks®, a leader in ambulatory healthcare IT solutions, today announced American Health Network (AHN) is live using eClinicalWorks Care Coordination Medical Record® (CCMR) for population health management to manage three Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) – American Health Network of Ohio Care Organization, Franciscan AHN ACO and Indiana Care Organization. …read more    

The following is a guest post by Barry Haitoff, CEO of Medical Management Corporation of America. For those not familiar with ACOs (Accountable Care Organizations), I want to provide some insight into ACOs and how a medical practice can better prepare themselves for the coming shift in reimbursement, which is epitomized by the ACO. This…

Understanding the needs of health providers and their interaction with patients is paramount to the role of the employees of ICU Medical which provides clinicians around the world with innovative and cost-effective solutions for clinical needs. …read more    

The American Hospital Association is lobbying the CMS Innovation Center to make it easier for accountable care organizations to earn Medicare bonuses and delay potential penalties as the agency looks to expand the initiative (Evans, 4/18). …read more    

As health insurance companies reveal much anticipated first-quarter earnings, it’s the unpredictable impact from the five-figure cost of new Hepatitis C treatments that are the subject of as much Wall Street worry as the Affordable Care Act. …read more    

Seeking a way to confront a “quiet cacophony” of beeping, alarming bedside monitors, Boston Children’s Hospital has tapped into predictive analytics to forecast changes in patients’ conditions before alarms sound. read more …read more    

Obamacare’s critics have had a bad week. On Thursday, President Obama announced that 8 million people have enrolled in new health insurance plans through the Affordable Care Act’s marketplaces, and a significant portion of them are young Americans. …read more    

The first open enrollment period under the Affordable Care Act ended this week with roughly 7.5 million people obtaining policies through the new state insurance exchanges, including more than 1.3 million at Covered California. …read more    

Care management has historically focused on the acute space. This focus stems from the availability of inpatient data and the investment made by healthcare systems in analytic resources. Now shared accountability arrangements — such as accountable care organizations (ACOs) — are driving an expansion of scope, which includes a growing need for data regarding the…