Category: ACO

By Gienna Shaw Ed Marx has a simple suggestion for his fellow CIOs about pitching technology to other members of the c-suite. Don’t do it. “I never talk about anything from a technology… read more …read more    

The mandate embedded into the Affordable Care Act (ACA) for hospitals to reduce their avoidable inpatient readmissions has proven to be a major—if predictable—shock to the U.S. healthcare system. And despite the advance notice, the scramble is on right now to figure out how to leverage the analytics tools and data warehouse infrastructures to support…

Kaiser Health News staff writer Jay Hancock, working in collaboration with USA Today, reports: “Congratulations. You bought insurance through one of the online Affordable Care Act exchanges, possibly after days or weeks of trying to get the site to work. Don’t relax. Joining the plan is only the first challenge. Now you have to understand…

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey (BCBSNJ) and the N.J.-based LHS Health Network have announced the launch of a collaborative patient-centered accountable care organization (ACO) to improve care and patient outcomes for more than17,000 Horizon BCBSNJ members. Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey (BCBSNJ) and the N.J.-based LHS Health Network have…

The Obama administration on Monday announced that it was delaying, once again, enforcement of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) “employer mandate.” Yes, Republicans have done everything they can to impede implementation of this law. …read more    

What’s the secret to successful accountable care? It’s certainly not just use of electronic health records and health information exchanges, according to one university medical center CIO. read more …read more    

“ObamaCare” is useful shorthand for the Affordable Care Act not least because the law increasingly means whatever President Obama says it does on any given day. His latest lawless rewrite arrived on Monday as the White House decided to delay the law’s employer mandate for another year and in some cases maybe forever (2/10). …read…

0 A recent article in an ACO-focused newsletter sheds light on the tremendous advances being made in collaborative healthcare delivery and financing in Vermont, as leaders in the Green Mountain State move forward rapidly in the context of the creation of a single-payer health system there. read more …read more    

Ask a room full of doctors about what Obamacare will do to the private practice and brace yourself for a flurry of opinions. Some believe the Affordable Care Act is absolutely necessary to rein in a healthcare system run rampant for far too long. Others see the significant changes coming for healthcare as a shot…