One of the missions of the 2010 federal health law is to slow the soaring cost of health care. A key strategy for Medicare is encouraging doctors, hospitals and other health care providers to form ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced ( Jan. 15 that it will host a webinar Jan. 29 on its new accountable care organization model, the Long-term Enhanced ACO Design Model.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, recently released a request for applications seeking accountable care organizations (ACOs) to engage ...

Accountable care organizations have proliferated in the past three years. The increase has been spurred by private payors’ interest in coordinated care management and the Patient Protection and ...

Essential value-based care competencies include robust data analytics, a compliance approach to coding, and an understanding of what makes an ACO successful at the clinic and individual provider level ...

The new healthcare reform law has resulted in the emergence of accountable care organizations, a new model that focuses on enhancing clinical outcomes and reducing monetary waste in the healthcare ...

A higher percentage of accountable care organization (ACO) primary care providers was associated with physician leadership, upside financial risk, and financial compensation of physicians tied to ...

Accountable Care Organization stakeholders are applauding the capitation payments in the new ACO Primary Care Flex Model but lament that it leaves out high-revenue ACOs. The Centers for Medicare and ...

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront series, Accountable Care for Population Health, featuring analysis and discussion of how to understand, design, support, and measure ...

A quick reference guide for employers. Accountable care models. Clinically-integrated networks. Patient-centered medical homes. Even if you’re familiar with the world of healthcare and health benefits ...

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront featured topic, Accountable Care for Population Health, featuring analysis and discussion of how to understand, design, support, and measure ...