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 …
Tag Archives: aco
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 …
Continue reading “Healthcare Unbound: San Francisco July 19th & 20th 2012”
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 …
Continue reading “The Affordable Care Act in Historical Context: Lead, Follow or Get Out of the Way”
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 …
Continue reading “Summary of SCOTUS Affordable Care Act Rulings”
SCOTUS and the ACA: Livestreaming via @TakeActionNews
By Gregg A. Masters, MPH It’s here! Watch as we get the historic decision of SCOTUS on the Affordable Care Act. David Shuster aka @DavidShuster, and Mark Levine aka @MarkLevineTalk report from the plaza of the Supreme Court of the United States. Watch as social media delivers the decision, first and accurately via a historic live …
Continue reading “SCOTUS and the ACA: Livestreaming via @TakeActionNews”
Volokh Conspiracy: Final Thoughts on the Eve of the Individual Mandate Decision
By Gregg A. Masters, MPH In the interest of balance and reflecting the range of thoughtful and credible legal thinking on the ACA in general and the individual mandate in particular, I followed the link attached to this post via @EzraKlein this afternoon: @ezraklein If the mandate falls and this proves a key moment in …
Continue reading “Volokh Conspiracy: Final Thoughts on the Eve of the Individual Mandate Decision”
Paul Gigot, SCOTUS and the Affordable Care Act
By Gregg A. Masters, MPH WSJ Editorial Page Editor Paul Gigot handicaps the highly anticipated SCOTUS ruling following the disgusting ‘silenced majority’ ad copy piece fronting an otherwise informative clip (shame on the WSJ, they know better!). This is more evidence of the real world impact via the triumph of Citizens United and the more recent ‘we …
Continue reading “Paul Gigot, SCOTUS and the Affordable Care Act”
SCOTUS Decision: ‘It’s Affirmed’, No It’s a ‘Divided Court’, Nope It’s Bye, Bye ‘Obamacare’
By Gregg A. Masters, MPH Holey rusted metal, Batman! The ground. It’s all metal. It’s full of holes. You know, holey. – Robin In ‘Mourdock Prepares for all SCOTUS Outcomes‘ we witness the elasticity and ‘whatever it takes’ determination to position the election-ering agenda of one aspiring Congressman. Watch as Indiana’s Treasurer Richard Mourdock covers his ‘ass’ …
acowatch.me 