Category: ACO
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The Many Roadblocks of Creating an ACO
Becoming an accountable care organization (ACO) can leave an organization in a much better place clinically and financially, and overall in-tune with innovative models of reimbursement. Yet while successfully mining this opportunity is a tremendous achievement, the path of becoming an ACO and changing the organizational structure is fraught with numerous challenges that can derail…
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Improving Health Care Quality Through Accountable Care Organizations
Baylor Health Care System Chief Quality Officer David J. Ballard, MD, PhD, MSPH, FACP and Baylor Quality Alliance President Carl E. Couch, MD, MMM discuss th… Video Rating: 0 / 5 Video Rating: 5 / 5
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The Impact of Accountable Care Organizations on Healthcare Delivery Pt 1
Accountable care organizations might create a paradigm shift for healthcare–but questions remain over implementation costs, provider enthusiasm and performa… Clueless health care executive tries to learn about accountable care organizations in the age of health care reform.
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What the heck is an Accountable Care Organization?
A CommonHealth cartoon. In January, 2012, 32 organizations began their participation in the Pioneer ACO Model. The Pioneer ACO Model encourages primary care doctors, specialists, ho…
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Pediatricians urge states to expand Medicaid
The American Academy of Pediatrics has endorsed the Medicaid expansion called for in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and — noting that Medicaid is the nation’s largest insurer of children — the AAP also developed a list of…
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Drilling Down to the Data, Engaging the Doctors
Mercy Health Partners’ Amy Frankowski, M.D., talks about the opportunities and challenges involved in sharing clinical performance data with physicians—and moving forward collectively in an accountable care context A lot of innovation has been taking place recently within Catholic Health Partners, a Cincinnati-based integrated health system that encompasses 29 hospitals, making it the largest health…
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Jacob Landis to make cross-country bicycle tour to raise funds for people with hearing loss
A 24-year-old hearing-impaired baseball fan from Annapolis, Md., hopes to raise $1 million to help others facing hearing loss, so they too can experience in what he calls his “miracle,” the cochlear implant performed at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in 1999 that restored much of his hearing when he was 10 years old.
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Some Californians could see 30% hike for individual health plans
Californians who buy individual health plans will see their premiums increase an average of 14% next year under the Affordable Care Act, a report released by California’s healthcare exchange says.
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5 ways ACOs benefit from health IT
As accountable care organizations spring up, more institutions will be communicating with each other to deliver and be reimbursed for care that is judged by its quality. Doing this will be a challenge, as multiple hospitals and practices team up with a…
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More residents of rural areas have access to oncologists than they realize, study finds
Research from the University of Iowa suggests that cancer care is more accessible in rural areas than thought, and this increased accessibility should be considered as changes are made in the health care system under the Affordable Care Act.