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Care Delivery Models
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Latest Headlines
DOJ: Hospital-doc gainsharing won't hurt competition
Despite legal concerns, nonprofit hospitals in New York can pay physicians for reducing the cost of care now that a gainsharing program has won regulatory approval.
HHS unveils 106 new ACOs
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services on Thursday announced 106 new accountable care organizations, which now rack up to more than 250 since the Affordable Care Act passed.
Retail giants join payment reform movement
Walgreens has teamed up with physician groups in three accountable care organizations, while Wal-Mart is putting its support behind other team-based, high-value care reforms.
Hospitals to lead primary care delivery overhaul
The AHA found that hospitals not only play a key role in transforming primary care but also are the "catalysts" to providing a sustainable infrastructure of care delivery.
Post-hospital syndrome fuels readmissions
As hospitals worry about curbing readmissions, they have a new threat sending older patients back to their facilities--post-hospital syndrome--according to an article published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine .
Care quality linked to patient population, illness severity
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center researchers found patient population, rather than a hospital's resources (defined as Medicaid burden), best predicts quality outcomes for pediatric patients, according to the study in this month's Pediatrics .
Payment reform, new delivery models to save trillions
The Commonwealth Fund concluded that quickly implementing payment and delivery reforms, such as pay-for-value and accountable care, could slow healthcare spending by $2 trillion over the next decade.
Time to make patient experience surveys matter
With reimbursement tied to patient satisfaction, hospitals increasingly are administering patient experience surveys to gauge how patients perceive their care and hospital visit. But as...
HHS unveils 106 new ACOs
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services this morning announced 106 new accountable care organizations, which now rack up to more than 250 since the Affordable Care Act passed.
Breast cancer care drives wasteful spending
When it comes to breast cancer screening, higher spending doesn't mean improved outcomes. Rather, it means millions of Medicare dollars wasted, according to a study in J AMA Internal Medicine .
