Category: ACO

One-quarter of the health plans being sold on health insurance exchanges set up through the Affordable Care Act offer benefits that appear to violate a federal law requiring equal benefits for general medical and mental health care, according to new research led by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. …read more Source:: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20150303/Some-health-plans-violate-federal-law-requiring-equal-benefits-for-mental-health-care.aspx…

0 The blog last week on the American Journal of Managed Care’s website by Margaret E. “Peggy” O’Kane, president of NCQA, provided a strong element in a clear roadmap for providers going forward read more …read more Source:: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/healthcare-informatics/~3/ZovuRRppKQg/when-peggy-o-kane-speaks-providers-had-better-listen       

0 In this age of accountable care, there are increasing demands for data for reporting and reimbursement purposes. Since healthcare providers are often structured around clinical departments, much of the data pertinent to accountable care may be managed/stored within departmental systems. In this age of accountable care, there are increasing demands for data for reporting…

UnitedHealthcare has announced that it will contract with up to 250 new accountable care organizations (ACO) in 2015, adding to its existing total of 520 such programs. UnitedHealthcare has announced that it will contract with up to 250 new accountable care organizations (ACO) in 2015, adding to its existing total of 520 such programs. The…

A new study published in Pediatrics demonstrates the cost-saving and health care quality outcomes of the pediatric Accountable Care Organization Partners for Kids. Results of this study indicate that Partners for Kids successfully improved the value of pediatric healthcare over time through cost containment, while maintaining quality of care. …read more Source:: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20150218/New-study-demonstrates-cost-saving-health-care-quality-outcomes-of-pediatric-ACO.aspx       

0 As clearly as they possibly could, the leaders of the nation’s accountable care organizations threw down the gauntlet at the feet of CMS officials this past week, asking for major changes to the MSSP program—before it’s too late read more …read more Source:: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/healthcare-informatics/~3/LIywun77IvI/inflection-point-federal-aco-development-provider-leaders-throw-down-gauntlet-cms       

On Feb. 6, the National Association of ACOs, the nationwide group advocating on behalf of the leaders of ACOs, sent a 36-page letter to CMS, proposing major changes to the Medicare Shared Savings Program On Feb. 6, the National Association of ACOs (NAACOS), the nationwide group advocating on behalf of the leaders of accountable care…

athenahealth Collaborates with BIDMC on Inpatient Cloud-based EHR Athenahealth acquires Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center’s home grown inpatient EHR. Athena will scrap the code, but will use the system as a model to build its own inpatient EHR over the coming months. Fiscal Year 2016 Budget of the US Government ONC requests $92 million in…

ONC has released a funding opportunity announcement designed to strengthen the health IT workforce and build on work done by the 17 Beacon Communities to innovate health care delivery with the goal of building a learning health system, as outlined in the recently posted Shared Nationwide Interoperability Roadmap. These initiatives are part of the Department…

Athenahealth Inc., a provider of cloud-based EHR services, has announced a collaborative agreement with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) in Boston. Under terms of the deal, athenahealth purchased webOMR, the web-based EHR platform developed by BIDMC. Athenahealth Inc., a provider of cloud-based EHR services, has announced a collaborative agreement with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical…