ACO Top Content
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States Looking To ACOs To Reduce Medicaid Costs
7/9/2014
State Medicaid ACOs Up but Struggles Mount. By Christine Kern, contributing writer
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Onward And Upward – Predictions For 2014
12/17/2013
It’s hard to believe we are already closing out another year! With 2014 upon us, I took some time to reflect on what progress the healthcare industry made in 2013, and to contemplate what’s to come in the year ahead. This year, we saw increased investment in technologies to support gains in the efficiency and quality of patient care, and I really think that 2014 will be a year of continued evolution. By Terry Edwards, president and CEO, PerfectServe
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VHHA Moves Towards Meeting MU
11/6/2013
Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association aims to satisfy meaningful use patient engagement requirement with implementation of interactive health management system. By Wendy Grafius, contributing writer
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ACO Rules Under Fire
5/13/2011
Questions and concerns surrounding ACOs (Accountable Care Organizations) have been well documented in the healthcare industry ever since the first healthcare reform proposals started making the rounds on Capitol Hill.
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Healthcare Uncertainty Reigns Supreme
11/16/2012
New research from Greenway Medical Technologies shows that many health providers still don’t have a clear road map on how to address the changing healthcare landscape.
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From Milk Crates To Mobile IT: Hospice Improves Access To Patient Records On The Go
1/29/2013
Employees on the go know that handling documents in the field can be a difficult task – and perhaps no workforce knows this better than hospice caregivers. Hospice workers are road warriors who are constantly on the go to see patients in their homes, a job description that seemingly requires mobile technology.
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Parent Portal Usage Increases Preventative Care For Children
11/7/2013
Parents who use online tools to access their children’s information are 2.5 times more likely to take them to well-child checks. By Katie Wike, contributing writer
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ACOs Struggle With Tech Adoption
8/19/2014
A survey from the eHealth Initiative shows ACOs have made little HIT progress in the last year. By Katie Wike, contributing writer
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Does ICD-10 Pilot Forecast A Perfect Storm For Healthcare?
12/12/2013
Let me concede from the outset that, in this blog post, I lean toward the negative—dire predictions, worst-case scenarios, a bit of doom and gloom, etc. But I ask you, oh gentle, patient reader, how could I not? Let’s go to the satellite. You can see warm air from a low-pressure system (Meaningful Use Stage 2, not changed dramatically by the one-year extension) collide with cool, dry air from a high-pressure area (the turmoil of Obamacare) and tropical hurricane moisture (ICD-10). Tell me you don’t see the Perfect Storm yourself. And here we sit in our little fishing boat, waiting for the mighty ocean to consume us. Overly dramatic? Certainly, but still not wholly inappropriate, I will argue. By Edmund Billings, MD
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Is Obamacare Responsible For Demise Of Private Practices?
6/11/2013
Critics of the Affordable Care Act say it is killing off private practices and will add tens of millions to newly created health insurance exchange – far more than the eight million the Obama administration estimates. By John Oncea, editor, Health IT Outcomes