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The National Rural Accountable Care Consortium, Nevada City, Nev., has announced it has formed five additional accountable care organizations The National Rural Accountable Care Consortium, Nevada City, Nev., has announced it has formed five additional accountable care organizations (ACOs). Using the Consortium’s collaborative model, 28 rural and critical access hospitals, 42 rural health clinics, 12…

0 It was fascinating to speak this week with Alison Fleury, who was CEO of Sharp HealthCare ACO last year, when the Sharp organization pulled out of the Medicare Pioneer ACO Program It was fascinating to speak this week with Alison Fleury, senior vice president, business development, at Sharp HealthCare, and the person who was…

Researchers at George Washington University in Washington D.C. found that a website that compares hospitals based on quality can lead to a slowed price increase for major procedures. Researchers at George Washington University in Washington D.C. found that a website that compares hospitals based on quality can lead to a slowed price increase for major…

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services confirmed to FierceEMR that the proposed rule implementing Stage 3 of Meaningful Use is being reviewed by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and that it should “be on display soon.” read more …read more      

Walgreens, the Deerfield, Ill.-based national chain of pharmacies, is cutting ties with two Medicare Shared Savings accountable care organizations (ACOs) due to finances less than two years after joining them. Walgreens, the Deerfield, Ill.-based national chain of pharmacies, is cutting ties with two Medicare Shared Savings accountable care organizations (ACOs) due to finances less than…

The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), which focuses on constitutional law, today filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court urging the high court to reject IRS regulations illegally authorizing tax subsidies for purchasers of health insurance on federal healthcare exchanges. …read more      

The American Medical Association (AMA) and Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) have sent a joint letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services beseeching the agency to extend the hardship exemption application deadline for eligible professionals (EPs). The current deadline is July 1. read more …read more    

UC San Francisco (UCSF) and the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) have been awarded a $10 million grant from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) Innovation to create a new Web-based model of dementia care. It will provide around the clock consultations for patients and their families, online education and, for a subset…

Medicare officials recovered about $19.2 billion in fraudulent payments over the past five years, including $210 million through a new system that uses analytics to probe billing patterns, CQ Healthbeat reports. But the recovered sum is dwarfed by the size of the problem, projected to be up to $50 billion a year. …read more