Scrambling to rescue ACO’s

Health care systems such as the Mayo and Cleveland clinics  – which are organized the way policy makers envision accountable care organizations – initially balked at the rules proposed by CMS. Now, the rules have changed. After receiving a significant Continue Reading …

An Optimal Physician Payment System

The researchers at Harvard have really done it this time!  Just when you thought it couldn’t get any more exciting, they release a study on…typology. Ty-pol-o-gy: [tahy-pol-uh-jee] noun. a systematic classification or study of types. Harvard researchers classified ‘types’ in Continue Reading …

Coordinated Care: Show me the money!

Policy makers are scrambling to find ways to reduce the cost of health care. One mechanism, converting a fee-for-service system to a prospective payment system, faces uphill battles at home and abroad. Proposed changes in health care delivery and financing, Continue Reading …