Modern Healthcare | August 13, 2016
Hospital boardrooms are beginning to sound more like those on Wall Street, with talk of upside and downside risk, capitation and a hefty addition of new acronyms. Hospitals, health systems and physician groups are now in the process of deciding which of the two possible reimbursement paths they will take under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act, which replaced the rarely implemented sustainable growth-rate formula for determining physician pay...
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HealthData Management | Aug. 18, 2016
Accountable care organizations are gaining prominence as one of the nation's leading approaches for making the shift to value-based care. Providers in these ACOs are facing a variety of business challenges, including gathering and using data to improve care. In many cases, ACOs are finding they need to incorporate data from a variety of sources, placing new importance on activities such as master data management, analytics and population health management applications...
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Upcoming Events
ACO & Payer Leadership Summit Fall 2016
September 12-13 | Los Angeles, CA
September 12-13 | Chicago,IL
Best Practices in Value Based Care Conference
September 21-22 2016 | Dallas, TX
September 28-30 2016 | Washington, DC
October 13-14, 2016 | Orlando, FL
ACO Coalition Fall 2016 Meeting
October 20-21, 2016 | Philadelphia, PA
3rd Annual ACO Strategy Summit
October 25-25 2016 | Washington, DC
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Becker's Hospital Review | August 9, 2016
If you are looking for a consensus on the success or failure of Medicare's Accountable Care Organization experiment, you are not likely to find it. That's because while most ACOs have improved the quality of care, few have been able to cut costs enough to earn meaningful financial rewards under the program. They have achieved only half of the goal of creating greater value. So why are so many ACOs failing to meet the cost component of value? After all, better outcomes should translate into lower costs..
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HealthLeaders Media | Aug. 2, 2016
Delivering excellent patient experience starts with leaders creating and supporting environments conducive to achieving good experiences between RNs and patients... So what's the secret to achieving high-level patient experience? There's no one-size-fits all answer, but here are some of my favorite insights on patient experience from Myerson and other leaders I've talked with recently..
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Gold Level Vendors
Thank you to our Gold Level Vendor Members. These organizations offer the highest quality products & services to the ACO & IPA community. To learn more, visit their booths at our website: ACOExhibitHall.com
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