The Medicare Pioneer Accountable Care Organization (ACO) has proven it is able to manage larger performance-based financial risk levels. But some Pioneer ACOs dropped out when quality benchmarks were too...
Pay-for-performance incentives positively sway physician behavior when it comes to value-based care advancement, according to a new JAMA Pediatrics study. Financial incentives tied to value-based...
The value-based care model is allegedly winning the claims reimbursement race, leaving its fee-for-service competitor in the dust. How valid is the widespread claim that value-based reimbursement models...
Is the "Accountable" part of accountable care organizations being ignored? Over 100 new Medicare Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) participants will keep quality high and costs low, according to...
Accountable care organizations (ACOs) are reportedly being penalized for high revenue cycle management performance. Healthcare providers looking to manage their claims reimbursement strategies remain...
Medicare spending is on the rise as the sizable impact of high-priced drugs on healthcare spending evolves. Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) appear to be either in, out, or somewhere in between on...
Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) may be a welcome hospital reimbursement innovation for the critical access community. Critical care organizations far away from the hustle and bustle of a...
Positive patient experience ratings generate a healthy and happy revenue cycle management, according to Press Ganey’s new white paper. But healthcare payment reform challenges may...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently selected twenty-one healthcare organizations to participate in a newfangled Next Generation Accountable Care Organization...
Value-based care models are taking over the healthcare industry. Providers are struggling to stay ahead of the reimbursement curve, some smiling more than others when they consider where their ROI...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the American Medical Association (AMA) discussed the evolving healthcare market yesterday at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San...
The new future of the Accountable Care Organization is here. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced 121 new Medicare Accountable Care Organization (ACO) participants....
Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) are designed to generate revenue by keeping patients happy. When ACOs were a tad newer, beneficiaries reportedly confirmed they were indeed satisfied with the level...
Are you a healthcare provider considering making the accountable care switch as a New Year’s resolution? Staying in the black for 2016 means anticipating and preparing for possible financial...
A new year calls for new accountable care organization (ACO) reflections. What is the new ACO future?
Healthcare providers remain focused on collecting financial bonuses and achieving subsequent...
Sometimes questions are more important than answers.
Accountable care organizations (ACOs) — groups of doctors, hospitals, and healthcare providers helping provide Medicare beneficiaries with...
Are value-based payment models garnering favorable reviews or mere disdain from physicians? A new Value-Based Payment (VBP) Humana-funded study aims to answer this...
Accountable care organizations (ACOs) generated over $411 million in net program savings last year, according to financial and quality performance results from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...
Laws that restrict financial arrangements between hospitals, physicians, beneficiaries, and the like are on the immediate horizon, according to newly published regulation from the Centers for Medicare...
Do Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) have longevity in the healthcare industry or will they soon merely be gone with the wind?
As RevCycleIntelligence.com reported, the Centers for Medicare &...
