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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.
It's been one year since the inception of the Pioneer Accountable Care Organization Model, an alternative payment model initiative developed by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and already the ACOs have demonstrated marked success in providing better coordinated care to beneficiaries at lower costs.
For many years, members of the skilled nursing community have been voicing concerns about the sector's ability to remain viable in the face of continued reimbursement cuts from the federal government. A new analysis bolsters their argument that SNFs are on shaky ground.
Members of the skilled nursing community have been voicing concerns about the sector's ability to remain viable in the face of continued reimbursement cuts from the federal government. A new analysis bolsters their argument that SNFs are on shaky ground.
Overall U.S. healthcare prices rose slightly from May to June 2013, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.
A majority of healthcare providers are actively cutting costs in reaction to changes caused by healthcare reform finds a new survey by a supply chain improvement company.
More than half of private companies are finding themselves ahead of the government's employer insurance requirements now that the Treasury Department has delayed compliance until 2015.
Employees buying health insurance in private exchanges, with defined contributions from their employers, tend to choose plans with lower premiums and higher deductibles, according to data published by the private insurance exchange Liazon.
The administrative director of a Columbus, Ga., cancer clinic has filed a whistleblower lawsuit, alleging violations of the False Claims Act for "systematically" overbilling Medicare, Medicaid and TRICARE with widespread upcoding and shoddy documentation practices.
Many state health insurance exchanges will show a high level of plan competition and attract multiple insurers, based on the experience of six states, according to a new report released Friday by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF).