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June 9, 2017
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RevCycle Intelligence | June 1, 2017   
 
The next generation of bundled payments should focus on population health management, researchers recently argued in a Journal of the American Medical Association report. Bundled payment models can align with population health management by extending the care episode duration, making providers out side of the hospital accountable, and integrating with global budget models within accountable care organizations (ACOs), the four authors stated... READ MORE    
 




Kaiser Family Foundation | June 6, 2017

Medicare Advantage (MA) plans have played an increasingly larger role in the Medicare program as the share of Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in MA has steadily climbed over the past decade.  The trend in enrollment growth is continuing in 2017, and has occurred despite reductions in payments to plans enacted by the Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA). This Data Spotlight reviews national and state-level MA enrollment trends as of March 2017 and examines variations in  enrollment by plan type and firm... READ MORE  
   
 


HealthData Management | June 6, 2017          

A survey of 302 primary care physicians with hospital affiliations and 150 health plan executives examines progress that must still be realized to achieve value-based care. These include achieving better alignment between providers and payers and improvements in electronic health records to bridge critical gaps. Some widely differing views exist between providers and insurers on common issues...READ MORE 
 



HealthIT Analytics | June 6, 2017

The terms "care management" and "care coordination" are starting to take on slightly different flavors in the health IT world as software companies create new offerings for the growing value-based care marketplace, says a new report by Chillmark Research. Healthcare organizations are exhibiting a growing appetite for patient manage ment tools to support population health management and outcomes- based care strategies... RE AD MORE  
   
 


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ProCARE Portal is a sophisticated physician compensation management software platform that enables healthcare organizations and accountable care organizations to engage and incentivize providers to improve population health, reduce cost, increase efficiency, integrate process, and drive reform. We bring to market a highly configurable and all-encompassing provider platform that will revolutionize your ACO's compensation practices... FIND OUT MORE    
 
 
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