HealthPayer Intelligence | January 6, 2017
 National health insurers are continuing to advance value-based care payment models such as ACOs.
Value-based care payment models are continuing to make headlines among major health insurance companies around the nation. Last month, Humana entered into a value-based care arrangement with the population health management company Fullwell, according to
Zacks Equity Research..
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HealthLeaders Media | January 9, 2017
A healthcare payment reform advocate is calling on Medicare officials to shift away from agency's biggest
shared savings program and to foster more alternative payment models that generate value for patients and taxpayers. Harold D. Miller, president and CEO at the
Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform, a non-profit, is lambasting the new Track 1+ in the Medicare Shared Savings Program and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
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Upcoming Events
ACO Population Health Management Summit
January 25-26, 2017 | Atlanta, GA
January 25-26, 2017 | Atlanta, GA
2017 Network Contracting & Management Congress
February 27-28, 2017 | Las Vegas, NV
The Managed Care Congress
February 27-28, 2017 | Arlington, VA
12th National Value-Based Payment & Pay for Performance Summit
March 8-10, 2017 | San Francisco, CA
NAACOS Spring 2017 Conference
April 5-7, 2017 | Baltimore, MD
ACO Coalition Spring 2017 Conference
May 4-5, 2017 | Scottsdale, AZ
Eighth National ACO Summit
June 28-29, 2017 | Arlington, VA
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The Commonwealth Fund| January 10, 2017
A study of hospitals in U.S. metropolitan areas found those affiliated with accountable care organizations (ACOs) were able to more quickly reduce the rate at which patients discharged to skilled nursing facilities needed to be readmitted within 30 days. Careful attention should be paid to the discharge planning methods and information exchange practices used by ACO-affiliated hospitals, which could contribute to the difference in reduced readmission rates.
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LinkedIn Pulse | January 10, 2017
Physicians are the ones anchoring the ship of healthcare in a sea of variables. Technological advancements are as they may, one cannot elude the touch and presence of a physician in healthcare. Everyone admits that healthcare needs to be fixed, but that would require a radical transformation where doctors would be the central players. Doctors have been known to approach their work with energy and enthusiasm and are responsible for at least 75% of all quality and cost-related decisions..
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