By Gregg A. Masters, MPH Only another battle has been won, (tho’ an effing big one at that), yet the war to re-engineer America’s healthcare borg remains intact and the Act is at risk to the outcome of November’s elections. In a perfect world 100% of our resources are committed to implementation of the vision, yet in …
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The Affordable Care Act: What’s Changed Post SCOTUS Ruling?
By Gregg A. Masters, MPH Found over at the Healthcare Blog, a post SCOTUS Affordable Care Act conversation hosted by Eliza Corp and led by noted healthcare futurist and consultant Jeff Goldsmith. This is well worth a view and even note taking. Among Goldsmith’s many insights is the following: A stunning lack of understanding of …
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ACOs: The 2012 Line-Up
By Gregg A. Masters, MPH A Profile of ACO’s Selected for July 1, 2012 Start Date Per CMS Annoucement: On July 9, 2012, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the selection of 89 additional Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) to participate in the Medicare Shared Saving Program. The selected organizations will take responsibility …
On the ‘Epidemiology of Unicorns’ aka ACOs
By Gregg A. Masters, MPH We all love infographics, right? Well, courtesy of the good folks at The Advisory Board, aka @TheAdvisoryBd check out the updated map and associated legend to track with the incidence of certain ACO model types as they inevitably pepper the US landscape. For complete blog post, click here.
An ACO Progress Report c/o CMS
By Gregg A. Masters, MPH Can you feel it? Amidst the continued uncertainty spawned by the very principals who most directly hope to benefit from the continued diversion if not outright ‘anti ACA’ (i.e., Affordable Care Act) propaganda are data suggesting a possible shift in not only attitude but commitment to ‘accountable care’ and the …
Healthcare Unbound: San Francisco July 19th & 20th 2012
By Gregg A. Masters, MPH Later this month amidst the mix of keynotes, panels and breakout sessions one will find relevant content specific to ACOs, accountable care and the pursuit of the triple aim. For complete conference details click here. Two sessions of interest, include: The keynote address: The Future of Platforms and Healthcare Unbound (aka …
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Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid
By Gregg A. Masters, MPH Watching the ensuing theater unleashed by SCOTUS’ ruling on the Affordable Care Act, I came across some similar sound bytes from a ‘by gone era’ – or so we thought. Since we are not likely to see these disingenuous, ‘don’t confuse me with the facts, my mind is already made up’ foes fold …
The Affordable Care Act in Historical Context: Lead, Follow or Get Out of the Way
By Gregg A. Masters, MPH As I have penned over at XanateMedia in ‘The Triple Aim Sets the Agenda for Healthcare Social Media Community,’ while the aftermath of the SCOTUS ruling is predictably lining up along straight partisan lines, the net takeaway for healthcare social media peeps is to get behind the ‘triple aim’. Yet we …
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Summary of SCOTUS Affordable Care Act Rulings
By Gregg A. Masters, MPH This provided courtesy of Deloitte’s ‘Special Edition Health Care Reform Memo: June 29, 2012’ where long term healthcare industry advisor and wonk Paul Keckly opines: The decision was a bit of a surprise: I expected the law to be upheld; I did not suspect the mandate would be upheld, nor …
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Maggie Mahar, Robert Reich, Michael Cannon and Grace Marie Turner on SCOTUS ACA Ruling
By Gregg A. Masters, MPH Courtesy of a tweet via Gary Levin aka @glevin1 we note the following @Google+ Hangout post SCOTUS ruling discussion. NOTE: there is a slight delay in the clip. The chat is facilitated by David Firestone aka @fstonenyt and includes an eclectic mix of the academic, think tank and ideological spectrum including Maggie Mahar, aka @Maggie Mahar, @UCBerkeley …
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