By Gregg A. Masters, MPH Per the SCOTUS blog: Amy Howe: “We do not expect any additional opinions today, so NO health care today. Few laws have and continue to stir up such emotion, political spin and both authentic and misinformed interest. Perhaps the mood [for some of us] is best captured in the following …
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Early Returns: ACOs Improve Management of Patient Populations, Offer Short-Term Savings
by Bryn Nelson, PhD Opportunities to be more efficient are largely under care of hospitalists, ACO director says Several years ago, Presbyterian Medical Group in Albuquerque, N.M., decided to integrate three elements of its healthcare system: its health plan, the employed medical group, and the hospital delivery system. Knitting those parts into a cohesive whole …
How Hospitals Can Test the Waters of Accountable Care
By Gregg A. Masters, MPH Found on the Accountable Care Bulletin. Hospitals considering accountable care strategies have plenty of options to choose from, but deciding where to begin can be confusing. Joseph Damore, Vice President of Engagement and Delivery for Premier, explores how hospitals can test the waters of accountable care, from engaging staff in wellness …
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ACOs, Patients, Consumers and the Dark Matter Glue that Makes it All Work
By Gregg A. Masters, MPH It’s been a brutal pace and schedule of late and one of the pieces I’ve omitted from presenting here is titled: ‘Building Patient-Centeredness in the Real World: The Engaged Patient and the Accountable Care Organization‘ proffered by colleague and friend Michael Millenson, aka @MLMillenson, President, Health Quality Advisors LLC. I received …
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Un-bundling the Act: Provisions for ACOs
By Gregg A. Masters, MPH We heard a lot about the rough life of Federal legislators when one of the material objections aka ‘talking points’ to actually considering the thoughtful remedies borne via public/private discourse and years if not decades of health policy development and experience outlined in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act …
All Eyes on SCOTUS Decision Expected Later This Week?
By Gregg A. Masters, MPH We’ve been in a quiet period since the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) accepted the series of challenges to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, yet the buzz factor is up via the blogosphere, social media and both broadcast and cable news media outlets as some expect …
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Update: Growth and Dispersion of Accountable Care Organizations – Leavitt Partners
By Gregg A. Masters, MPH While Attending the Third National ACO Summit in Washington, DC last week I had the opportunity to cross paths with Thomas Merrill my liaison with Leavitt Partners (LP) responsible for our interview on ‘This Week in Accountable Care‘ discussing LP’s initial release of their report ‘Growth and Dispersion of Accountable …
Dave Chase CEO of Avado at Health Datapalooza
By Gregg A. Masters, MPH In the flurry of activities associated with the Health Data Forum III in Washington, DC aka (‘health datapalooza‘) I managed to corral Dave Chase aka @ChaseDave in the Exhibition Hall at the DC Convention Center following his presentation at the ACO breakout session. Amidst the background noise, we hear from …
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Atul Gawande at Health Data Palooza Session on ACOs: A Keynote
By Gregg A. Masters, MPH Since he authored ‘The [healthcare] Cost Conundrum‘ piece some three years ago, positing the question of who will emerge as the ‘anchor tenant’ business model in healthcare, I’ve been ‘waving’ at Atul Gawande via social media including Twitter and blog. When I saw that he was faciliating a breakout session …
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Third National ACO Summit: Q & A McClellan, Dentzer & Fisher
By Gregg A. Masters, MPH I had the pleasure of covering the Third National ACO Summit in Washington, DC on June 7th and remotely on the 8th, 2012. This is the Q & A session from the opening panel featuring: Elliott S. Fisher, MD, MPH Director, Population Health and Policy; Director, Center for Population Health, …
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