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Oct 21 2011

Wall Street Journal

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The Obama administration on Thursday loosened the rules for a new program that encourages doctors and hospitals to coordinate care for groups of Medicare patients

Oct 12 2011

Politico

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Henry Ford dropped out from the administration’s Pioneer program – in short, it had better options — or, at least, more predictable ones — than the ACO program.

Sep 16 2011

Kaiser Health News

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Mayo Clinic, the Cleveland Clinic, Geisinger Health System and Intermountain Healthcare have declined to apply for the “Pioneer” program tailor-made by the Obama administration to reward such organizations.

Aug 31 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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Commercial ACOs May Find Footing Where CMS Slips

Aug 30 2011

Kaiser Health News

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Economists Caution: ACOs May Not End Wasteful Health Spending

Aug 26 2011

2011 Potpourri XXXIII

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Summer begins to wane but our Potpourri remains hot, with items on large employers benefit intentions for 2012, Australia's project to create a unified patient medical record, hospital collections at…

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Aug 26 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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Mountain States Health Alliance, a 13-hospital system based in Johnson City, Tenn., has submitted an application to the CMS to participate in the Pioneer accountable care organization program.

Aug 19 2011

MPR News

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Most major US clinics are balking at the rules proposed for Accountable Care Organizations.

Aug 10 2011

Star Tribune

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After saving the federal government millions of dollars but losing revenue in the process, Park Nicollet Health Services finally got a bit of a payback – the hospital received a $5.7 million performance bonus

Aug 01 2011

Risk-Bearing by Providers

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A recent report from the Commonwealth Fund describes the status of plans to have accountable care organizations and other provider systems take on financial risk for their patients, finding that…

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Jul 26 2011

Early Massachusetts Experience With Global Payment

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Research published in the New England Journal of Medicine examines early results from the Massachusetts Blue Cross plan's global budgeting program, finding very modest health spending reductions and small changes…

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Jul 22 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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Although 2011 may go down in the history books as the year of the accountable care organization, there’s also been a tremendous amount of payment innovation on a different level

Jul 21 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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ACOs Widen Marketing’s Scope

Jul 12 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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Physician alignment and incentive challenges could prove to be a major hurdle for healthcare providers who want to take part in accountable care organizations.

Jun 30 2011

Healthcare IT News

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With the prohibitive and rising cost of healthcare, there has never been a greater need for accountable care organizations, according to Mark McClellan, MD, former administrator for the CMS

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