Monitoring the birth of an industry
Noted health care analyst, thought leader and blogger to discuss the employer’s interest in ACO development. On the Wednesday, January 19th 2011 program at 11AM Pacific and 2PM Eastern, my guest commentator is thought leader, nationally known blogger, health care analyst, business development consultant, writer and speaker on health care cost and quality issues Brian …
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On the Wednesday, January 5th 2011 broadcast ACO 101: A Physician Primer at 11AM Pacific and 2PM Eastern, my guest commentator and co-host is consultant, health innovation thought leader, and blogger, Mark Browne, MD of Pershing Yoakley & Associates, aka @consultdoc on Twitter. While on the front end of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid rule making …
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By Ian Morrison The accountable care organization is like a unicorn, a fantastic creature that is vested with mythical powers. But no one has actually seen one. I have re-blogged and re-tweeted (twitter@seccurve) this so often that I received all the credit for the line. Welcome to the Internet age. But in all fairness to …
NEJM | November 10, 2010 | Topics: Accountable Care Organizations, Reform Implementation Robert Kocher, M.D., and Nikhil R. Sahni, B.S. Enactment of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was a historic event. Along with the Recovery Act, the ACA will usher in the most extensive changes in the U.S. health care system since the creation of Medicare …
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David A. Lips, for HealthLeaders Media Section 3022 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is has the innocuous name, “Medicare Shared Savings Program.” Accountable care organizations are at the heart of this program, which is intended to coordinate healthcare providers serving patient populations of at least 5,000. Unlike many other parts of PPACA, …
On the Wednesday, December 29th 2010 program ACO 101: A Physician Primer at 11AM Pacific and 2PM Eastern, my guest commentator and co-host is consultant, health innovation thought leader, and blogger, Mark Browne, MD of Pershing Yoakley & Associates, aka @consultdoc on Twitter. While on the front end of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid …
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Next week we take some time to get down to fundamentals for physicians on Accountable Care Organizations (ACO’s). Specifically we’ll address: What are they? Absent regulatory guidance, we have primarily a 30 thousand foot view with some pilot and demonstration exceptions. What are the known or proximal models to date? How are they structured? How …
On the Wednesday, December 22nd 2010 program at 11AM Pacific and 2PM Eastern, thought leader, blogger, lecturer and consultant Kent Bottles, MD, returns for an encore conversation. We’ll highlight key points in several of the recent reports issued, here, here and here, by the Center for American Progress, the California Healthcare Foundation, and Health Affairs, respectively …
Mark C. Shields, Pankaj H. Patel, Martin Manning and Lee Sacks in Health Affairs Abstract The Affordable Care Act encourages the formation of accountable care organizations as a new part of Medicare. Pending forthcoming federal regulations, though, it is unclear precisely how these ACOs will be structured. Although large integrated care systems that directly employ …
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) Chairman, Glen Hackbarth, recently submitted comments in response to the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Request for Information regarding the much-anticipated Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) Accountable Care Organization (ACO) regulations, to be published early next year. MedPAC’s comments were outlined in a letter dated November 22, 2010, from Mr. Hackbarth …
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