Category: ACO

Seventy major healthcare organizations, including hospitals, associations, and research groups, have announced the formation of an alliance dedicated to sharing and integrating genomic and clinic data. The global, non-profit alliance features notable institutions such as Harvard University, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and Brigham & Women’s Hospital. Seventy major…

Beacon Health Partners, an independent physician network and Accountable Care Organization consisting of almost 300 healthcare practitioners, announced that it has signed a Patient Centered Primary Care agreement with Empire BlueCross BlueShield. …read more Source: Beacon Health Partners, Empire BlueCross BlueShield sign Patient Centered Primary Care agreement

Despite their inclusion as essential health benefits, habilitative services face an uncertain future under the Affordable Care Act, according to a new analysis done at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services. …read more Source: Habilitative services face uncertain future under Affordable Care Act

Commercial payors aren’t offering as many of the upside-only payment structures that are most popular among early accountable care organizations (ACOs), according to an analysis by the Charlotte, N.C.-based Premier healthcare alliance of 85 payor arrangements. Commercial payors aren’t offering as many of the upside-only payment structures that are most popular among early accountable care…

Technology that can engage patients so they can contribute to their own care will be crucial to the success of new payment models such as accountable care organizations, representatives from several healthcare organizations said during a panel discussion at the fourth annual Health Datapalooza conference in Washington, D.C. on Monday. read more …read more Source:…

Accountable care organization leaders say they have no interest in being software developers. Yet some believe they have no choice but to develop their own systems when they find nothing on the market that matched their needs. An afternoon session on June 3 at the Health Datapalooza in Washington, D.C., got right down to the…

St. Louis Beacon: Nixon Says Tax Cut Bill Removes Missouri’s Sales Tax Break For Prescription Drugs. Gov. Jay Nixon has upped the ante in his criticism of a broad-based tax cut bill awaiting his decision, saying Thursday that it removes a sales tax exemption for prescription drugs that will raise taxes for millions of Missourians.…

Prime Urgent Care, a walk-in urgent care facility, has long offered fast services and affordable care for residents of the greater Pearland region. Prime Urgent Care is now offering enhanced services to better meet the needs of its patients. …read more Source: Prime Urgent Care offers enhanced services to better meet the needs of patients

California counties may lose as much as $2.5 billion in state funding over the next three years for indigent health care as the state assumes responsibility under the federal Affordable Care Act, Gov. Jerry Brown said. The most populous U.S. state plans to cut $300 million this year from counties as its [Medicaid] program expands,…

ThedaCare, a five-hospital and 22-clinic health system based in Appleton, Wis., will join Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield's Blue Priority, the payer’s accountable care organization (ACO) network, effective June 15. ThedaCare, a five-hospital and 22-clinic health system based in Appleton, Wis., will join Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield's Blue Priority, the payer’s accountable care organization…