RevCycle Intelligence | October 17, 2016
ACO leaders may need to boost healthcare provider engagement to foster value-based care success, a recent study in the American Journal of Accountable Care indicates. In a case study at the Johns Hopkins Medicine Alliance for Patients, LLC (JMAP), a non-risking bearing Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) ACO, researchers revealed that providers generally had a neutral or slightly positive view on the benefits of joining an ACO...
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Home Health Care News | October 18, 2016
Since the implementation of the Affordable Care Act in 2010, the home health industry has become more involved in accountable care organizations (ACOs), seeing it as an opportunity to stay relevant as payment shifts to reward value rather than volume. However, there are challenges to being selected to be a part of these provider groups, and agencies must continue to pursue strategies that will make them competitive...
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Modern Healthcare | October 18, 2016
Healthcare industry leaders are pushing back against the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission's criticism of accountable care organizations. The panel is considering making changes that would force providers to take on more risk. The group has said Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) ACOs, which were introduced in the Affordable Care Act and encourage providers to coordinate patient care, aren't achieving the goals of lowering costs and improving quality of care...
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HealthLeaders Media | October 13, 2016
Sure, ridesharing has disrupted the taxi business, but can its technology do the same for healthcare?
CareMore, an operationally independent combined senior health plan and medical group subsidiary of Anthem Inc., is convinced it can, and recently published the findings from a pilot study in JAMA that it claims proves it. President Sachin Jain, MD, says his organization's early partnership with ridesharing service Lyft has helped it achieve what he calls the "healthcare trifecta" of better outcomes, lower costs, and improved patient experience.
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