The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act isn’t merely responsible for creating health insurance exchanges, eliminating pre-existing conditions or even expanding the Medicaid program. The...
Value-based care reimbursement has been hitting both payers and providers as a surefire way to promote payment reform and reduce medical spending. The new models of payment are coming straight from...
With fairly large sects of the political spectrum opposing various provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act as many as six years after its passage, it grows vital to examine whether...
Health payers and providers who are seeking to form accountable care organizations will need to follow key steps in order to avoid the issues associated with these payment models and truly succeed in...
With value-based care payments impacting both payers and providers around the country as the healthcare industry transitions toward a new climate based on quality of care, preventive services, and...
What accomplishments have accountable care organizations (ACOs), providers, and payers reached in their effort to operate value-based reimbursement systems? This is the question that many ACOs are...
When it comes to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the media has reported on a variety of opinions among healthcare experts and regulators regarding the benefits and disadvantages of the...
Value-based reimbursement is a new payment strategy between insurers and providers meant to foster higher quality care by incentivizing strong performance with shared savings, bonuses, or other financial rewards. This diverges from the...
Accountable care organizations (ACOs) are slowly becoming a mainstay of the healthcare industry, as more payers and providers are partnering through these care coordination programs and negotiating...
Accountable care organizations (ACOs) have taken on a larger role in delivering services throughout the continuum of care. Initially, these establishments were created under the Medicare Shared Savings...
Accountable care organizations (ACOs) continue to gain greater acknowledgement within the healthcare industry as the field transitions to value-based care reimbursement and moves away from the...
As previously reported, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have finalized a ruling that changes how the Medicare Shared Savings Program operates its payment protocols among...
Is lower healthcare spending truly tied to improved quality of care among hospitals? New research published in Health Affairs begs to differ when it comes to rewarding lower quality hospitals that...
Accountable care organizations (ACOs) are provider and payer arrangements established to improve care coordination between primary care physicians, hospitals, specialists, and public or private health payers.
The Centers for Medicare...
Do accountable care organizations (ACOs) truly save costs for the healthcare industry? Or is forming an ACO in hopes of cutting spending a pipe dream? Last year’s results from the Medicare Shared...
Payers and providers looking to operate through an accountable care organization (ACO) will need to adhere strictly to state and federal laws regarding the development of this model of care....
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona (BCBSAZ) has recently partnered with McKesson Business Performance Services to form a service-based organization called ACO Partner meant to function in the...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has undergone significant reforms in recent years in order to reduce wasteful healthcare spending and improve patient health outcomes around...
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act led to the development of the Medicare and Medicaid Innovation Center, which eventually brought the creation of accountable care organizations...
Accountable care organizations (ACOs) have become a more mainstream method for improving care coordination and the quality of medical services while providing an opportunity for reducing wasteful...
