Erin McCann
CMS' Pioneer Accountable Care Organization Model requires a degree of patience that many of the participating organizations couldn't afford, as evidenced by the recent announcement that nine are leaving the program.
A year into the Pioneer ACOs program and participating organizations are already showing reductions in costs and improvements in care, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Tuesday.
UnitedHealthcare announced Wednesday that the company will double its number of accountable care contracts over the next five years, representing more than $50 billion of reimbursements by 2017.
More than half of physicians and other industry professionals are participating in nontraditional care delivery models such as accountable care organizations (ACOs) and patient centered medical homes (PCMHs), according to new survey findings released June 17.
Price transparency is a touchy subject in healthcare, and experts are divided on how much value exposing prices has for consumers and how much impact it would have on the industry.
U.S. healthcare providers nationwide have continued to experience difficulties with hiring and retaining experienced information technology professionals needed for the evolving healthcare environment, according to new research conducted by global professional services company Towers Watson.
While the focus on many initiatives in transforming hospitals to an accountable care model has focused on IT tools and investments, the biggest challenge facing providers moving to an ACO model is managing the business process change, according to a new analysis by market research firm Frost & Sullivan.
The mobile health application market is headed for explosive growth, according to a new report by Research and Markets, which has projected the market will swell 61 percent by 2017, reaching $26 billion.
A new report released Feb. 19 recognizes the nation's top hospitals and cities for hospital care based on in-hospital mortality rates.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will develop a new records system aimed at facilitating quality reporting for long-term hospital care, according to Wednesday's Federal Register.