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Bold Predictions about Health Care Reform

Karl Bayer
March 02, 2012 09:11

by Holly Hayes Marc Bard, chief innovation office in Navigant’s health care practice, and co-author of the book ”Accountable Care Organizations, Your Guide to Strategy, Design, and Implementation” made six predictions about health care reform last week.  The predictions are listed in...

Help is Out There for Providers Interested in Accountable Care Organizations

Amber Walsh
December 18, 2011 15:36

We have descrived in prior posts the opportunities available through Accountable Care Organizations.   ACOs are intended to provide physicians and medical centers financial incentives to continue offering high-quality medical services to their Medicare patients while keeping costs at...

CMS Releases its 2012 ACO Application; Pioneer ACOs Advance

November 21, 2011 22:13

by J. Peter Rich and Lesley DeRenzo Medicare MSSP ACOs Pursuant to the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) final rule released on October 20, 2011, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released its 2012 Accountable Care Organization (ACO) application.  Organizations...

CMS issues final rule on ACOs

October 26, 2011 18:00

On October 20, 2011, CMS published the final rule on Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) or, as it is formally known, the Medicare Shared Savings Program (the "Program"), enacted as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010. According to CMS chief Don Berwick,...

Investment Opportunities in ACOs

Amber Walsh
August 18, 2011 22:50

Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) have become a catchphrase within today’s healthcare industry. As we have discussed in prior posts, ACOs are intended to be a vehicle for providing physicians and medical centers financial incentives to continue offering high-quality medical services to...