Category: ACO

To avoid missing other opportunities inherent in the ACO model, payors and providers shouldn’t get hung up waiting for CMS’s rule for Medicare accountable care organizations, advises Greg Mertz, senior project director with the Healthcare Strategy

Working with a network of 40 skilled nursing facilities to hone the hospital-to-SNF transfer of care has accomplished two goals for Summa Health System: readmissions and lengths of stay for patients released to SNFs have been reduced, and the experienc…

Working with a network of 40 skilled nursing facilities to hone the hospital-to-SNF transfer of care has accomplished two goals for Summa Health System: readmissions and lengths of stay for patients released to SNFs have been reduced, and the

Are accountable care organizations (ACOs) the new wave of healthcare delivery? In this month’s healthcare performance benchmarks podcast, Healthcare Intelligence Network’s Melanie Matthews analyzes the industry’s acceptance of and participation in acco…

Even though the specifics of Medicare’s Shared Savings Program have yet to be defined, physician organizations can still position themselves to achieve cost savings through an independent accountable care organization (ACO), notes Jeffrey R.

The accountable care organization (ACO) is a staple of healthcare reform. CMS will launch its Shared Savings Program — an ACO for Medicare patients — in January 2012. John Harris, principal with the consulting firm of DGA Partners, advises

Thinking about creating an accountable care organization? The clinical integration of healthcare providers can be the first step, facilitating the coordination of services required for shared accountability and reward. Dr. Mark Shields, senior medical …

To provide immediate feedback to participants in Colorado’s accountable care organization (ACO) for Medicaid beneficiaries, program developers have chosen a handful of performance measures that will focus on program quality and cost containment,

Along with the transformation to a patient-centered medical home came an acceptance of a model that coordinates care for an entire population, not just the patients showing up each day, notes Dr. Paul Kaye, medical director at Taconic IPA. And even tho…