‘Accountable Care Organizations’ Archives
Hospital Consolidation leads to Higher Prices
Hospital consolidation occurs in some regions to form strong alliances with which to negotiate better payments from [...]
A Policy Prescription for 2012
Two years after the enactment of the Affordable Care Act, opponents and proponents are destined to collide in the Supreme [...]
Scrambling to rescue ACO’s
Health care systems such as the Mayo and Cleveland clinics - which are organized the way policy makers envision [...]
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 [...]
Implementing ACO’s
One strategy for implementing Accountable Care Organizations is detailed in the case study of Advocate Physician [...]
Holding Caregivers Accountable
Payers for health services have attempted to restructure payment methodologies to align provider incentives with the [...]
