Category: ACO

Jacoti bvba announced today the US release of Jacoti ListenApp, the first FDA registered and CE certified medical device hearing aid application for smartphones. Indicated for mild to moderate hearing loss, ListenApp precisely adjusts the sound of an iOS device to the user’s audiogram, transforming the device into a sophisticated, flexible and very affordable hearing…

A panel of industry leaders from organizations pioneering in the ACO and risk contract-based space offer their perspectives at the World Health Care Congress While the opportunities to improve patient care outcomes and cost-effectiveness within the U.S. healthcare system through the development of various types of accountable care organizations (ACOs) are robust and multidimensional, so,…

Can a physician organization that serves an underprivileged population make it in a managed care-driven environment? The Folks at Yakima Valley prove it can be done—and done very well indeed About 150 miles away from the glamour and hip chic of Seattle, the Yakima Valley lies in the heart of Washington state’s agricultural and viticultural…

By Deborah Leyva Yesterday I received notice from the publisher, 3Lions, that the ACO Survival Guide is now available from the online store. I’m now working on a training program to accompany the guide that will walk through each of the regulations. Yes, it will be interesting, and yes, you won’t fall asleep. I know…

Next Generation ACO Model CMS introduces a new ACO program that it is calling the Next Generation ACO Model, that will allow providers to assume a higher level of risk than either the Pioneer ACO or Shared Savings Program, and will generate a larger financial return for providers that successful manage those risks. Medical Device…

Technology will play an integral role in deployment of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ “Next Generation Accountable Care Organization” model announced Tuesday, several health IT stakeholder organizations say. read more …read more Source:: http://www.fiercehealthit.com/story/hit-stakeholders-technology-critical-next-generation-aco-models/2015-03-11?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=rss       

0 Tuesday’s announcement of the new Next Generation ACO model being offered by CMS signals potentially more flexible thinking on the part of CMS officials Tuesday, March 10, will inevitably looked back on as important day for CMS (the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) and for the ACO (accountable care organization) concept, whether positively…

The combinatorial, multi-gene GeneSight test has been found to better predict antidepressant treatment outcomes for patients with depression, and their use of health care resources, than any of the individual genes that comprise the test, according to a peer-reviewed analysis by investigators from the Mayo Clinic and Assurex Health, and published online by The Pharmacogenomics…

The National Committee for Quality Assurance has announced that The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia has earned accreditation as a Level 2 Accountable Care Organization. …read more Source:: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20150304/CHOP-earns-Level-2-ACO-accreditation.aspx       

By Deborah Leyva Today my publisher announced release of The ACO Survival Guide: First Edition. It has been a work of earnest effort as I dove into the depths of ACO regulations and emerge with valuable and useful information for Accountable Care Organizations with insights on the move from fee-for-service to pay-for-performance and accountability.  We are…