URAC | April 6, 2017
In a series of articles with nationally recognized health industry leaders, URAC finds that value-based, coordinated care will continue to be the goal for physicians, pharmacists, case managers and others... "We may have a different administration, but the value movement is non-partisan and will continue apace," said Don Crane, President and CEO, CAPG..
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FierceHealthcare | April 11, 2017
Participation in voluntary federal programs that push for quality improvements has a greater impact on reducing readmissions than financial penalties levied against hospitals for high rates alone, a new study finds. Researchers at the Univ. of Michigan examined records for patients treated for heart attack, heart failure or pneumonia between 2005 and 2015 at more than 2,800 U.S. hospitals and found that hospitals participating in one of at least three federal programs-
Meaningful Use,
ACOs or
bundled payments-saw 30-day readmission rates decrease by wider margins, according to a
study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.
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Upcoming Events
ACO Coalition Spring 2017 Conference
May 4-5, 2017 | Scottsdale, AZ
Population Health Management, Risk Modeling & Patient Stratification Conference
June 22-23, 2017 | Boston, MA
June 22-23, 2017 | Chicago, IL
June 25-28, 2017 | Orlando, FL
Eighth National ACO Summit
June 28-29, 2017 | Arlington, VA
FLAACOs 2017 Conference
October 19-20, 2017 | Orlando, FL
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HealthData Management | April 13, 2017
A new accountable care program from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services seeks to deepen support for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries by addressing social needs, such as help with housing, food, interpersonal violence issues, utilities and transportation.
Participating organizations, 32 to start, will have to rely heavily on data analytics, according to information from CMS
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Decision Resources Group | March 21, 2017
Amid the transition to value-based care, reimbursement for health care and tyi
ng it to quality and performance remains one o
f the
major challenges in eradicating fee
-for service models. According to a survey, only
41
% of the
physicians still placed their confidence in fee-for-service model for delivering patient
outcomes...
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