2013 represented another year of growth for accountable care organizations, but it also brought a few setbacks to the model’s progression. Here is a look back at events that affected Medicare and ...

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.

As hospitals and physician groups prepare to launch accountable care organizations and similar payment models, surgery centers are left to ponder their role in the post-health reform world. Marc ...

October 10, 2024 – For several years, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) within the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has been working towards a goal it set in 2021 to ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation has released its latest accountable care organization model, which is scheduled to launch at the conclusion of ACO Reach next year. The LEAD (Long-term ...

Scott Becker, JD, CPA, is a partner at McGuireWoods in Chicago. Q: During the Aug. 2 webinar on “ASCs: the State of the Industry; Consolidation vs. Independent; How to Work With Service Providers; ...

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 ...

Somnia Anesthesia has issued a news release in which the national anesthesia services company defined what it is terming an “Accountable Anesthesia Organization™” (AAO). Somnia describes an AAO as a ...

"These results reflect the dedication of our team and prove that when care is coordinated and built on trusted relationships, patients experience better outcomes and the system spends less," said ...

The authors evaluated whether adolescents receiving care at accountable care organizations (ACOs) vs non-ACOs were more likely to initiate and complete the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination ...