At a recent meeting of the American College of Physicians covered in MedPage Today, Neil Kirschner, PhD reported on the growth of ACOs. Dr. Kirschner is
Yesterday, CMS announced the first batch of 27 “normal” ACOs under its Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP). I found five things interesting about the list:
Advocates of “accountable care organizations” (ACOs) are careful to avoid the terminology of “managed care,” which is widely viewed as a failed model from the
As described in a recent article in American Medical News, the Mayo Clinic and the Cleveland Clinic are both independently offering medium to large groups
This morning, I read the results from a clinical trial of ovarian cancer screening in JAMA. The trial showed that ovarian cancer screening was not
Presentation entitled “Developing the Economic Model for Success” from day 2 of the American Medical Group Association’s Accountable Care Organization Learning Collaborative, at the Swissotel
All across the country, physicians and hospitals are talking to each other about creating new organizational structures to enable them to work together more effectively.
What’s the problem? Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) involve the creation of new entities that are intended to improve quality and efficiency of care. But, experts
I went to the huge HIMSS’11 convention in Las Vegas a few weeks ago. When visiting the bewildering number of vendor booths, I focused on
This is probably the single most useful reference regarding Accountable Care Organizations, outlining alternative ways of conceptualizing them and giving a balanced explanation of the