Category: ACO

Many nonprofit religious organizations have balked at having to insure their employees’ birth control — because they don’t believe in artificial contraception — under the Affordable Care Act. On Friday, the Obama administration announced a solution to this problem. The new health care law guarantees access to preventive services, and contraception falls, appropriately, into that…

A transformational leadership style—valued for stimulating innovation and worker performance—is also associated with increased well-being among employees, reports a study in the July Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, official publication of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM). Source: Transformational leadership style associated with increased well-being among employees

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center runs on an October 1 to September 30 fiscal year, so Summer is always a time of capital and operating budget decision making. We’ve finished our FY14 capital budget submission and requested $10.7 million to fund all the needed infrastructure/applications supporting 3000 doctors, 22000 users, and a growing 1.2 billion…

Expect to see more rules, regulations and lawsuits as healthcare data transparency increases, says Ellyn Sternfield, an attorney specializing in health law and managed care with international law firm Mintz Levin. read more Source: Attorney: Increased health data transparency will cause uptick in lawsuits

As U.S. President Barack Obama continues his official visit to Africa—with a stop Friday in Pretoria, South Africa to meet with President Jacob Zuma—advocates from AIDS Healthcare Foundation, the African Council of AIDS Service Organizations and South African AIDS patients will host a press conference in Pretoria, Friday, June 28th from 10:00am to 11:00am at…

Aetna and the 19-hospital Bon Secours Health System, based in Marriottsville, Md., have announced a new accountable care agreement that will support 57,000 fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries in Kentucky, New York, South Carolina and Virginia. Aetna and the 19-hospital Bon Secours Health System, based in Marriottsville, Md., have announced a new accountable care agreement that will…

The Oregon House passed a bill with unanimous support Monday that supporters say could save the economy $150 million in administrative waste by crafting a single credentialing process that all insurers, hospitals and coordinated care organizations can share for thousands of health care providers. If Gov. Kitzhaber signs Senate Bill 604 into law, Oregon will…

In a June 26 presentation to CMIOs gathered at the annual AMDIS Physician-Computer Connection Symposium being held in Ojai, California, senior ONC officials Jacob Reider, M.D. and David Muntz addressed medical informaticist concerns over meaningful use. In a morning presentation to many of the nation’s leading CMIOs, Jacob Reider, M.D. and David Muntz, senior officials…

Cigna and Valley Preferred, a provider-owned, preferred provider organization aligned with Lehigh Valley Health Network in Allentown, Pa., are launching a collaborative accountable care initiative to improve patient access to healthcare, enhance care coordination, and achieve the “triple aim” of improved health, affordability and patient experience. Cigna and Valley Preferred, a provider-owned, preferred provider organization…

According to a study from researchers at the Boston-based Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), radiology residents are using iPads primarily as an educational tool. While some use the device for intraoperative procedure guidance, percutaneous procedure planning, and mobile interpretation of some imaging examinations, more radiologists are drawing on it to read radiology-specific applications and…