Policy and Legislation
This short video, sponsored by the Colorado Regional Care Collaborative Organization (RCCO) and produced by Health2 Resources, shows how Colorado healthcare leaders are driving transformation in the area through community engagement.
The federal Commission on Long-Term Care released its policy recommendations last week but did not reach a consensus on how to pay for these often expensive services.
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission is looking into ways that Medicare can strengthen accountable care organizations and the shared savings program to make them more effective for providers and patients, including improving benchmarks, adding more risk and getting beneficiaries more involved.
Doctors are told that the value-based care model will allow them to foster closer relationships with their patients, have greater access to clinical and pricing data and let them see fewer patients but earn more money but they are leery of the model.
As we get closer to 2014, consumers are being surrounded by news coverage, ads and opinions about the health law. And many of them are turning to their doctors for advice. The American Medical Association wants to help doctors with answers.
Hospital administrators are saying recent recommendations from the Office of Inspector General regarding critical access hospital certification will result in hospital closures.
In this age of dwindling resources and competing priorities, nutrition research holds the key to increasing our understanding of the causes of obesity and its related co-morbidities and holds promise to markedly influence global health and economies.
The Affordable Care Act's medical loss ratio regulation appears to be achieving its goals of reducing insurers' administrative costs and tempering profits.
States should adopt the Medicare competitive bidding payment amounts to purchase medical equipment instead of the higher Medicaid fee schedule amounts, according to a report from the HHS Office of Inspector General.
In a report released by the Unversity of Calgary's School of Public Policy, Professor Hugh Grant makes the argument that physicians' incomes have risen far too high while financial problems plague Canada's healthcare system.