Policy and Legislation
A recent report published by the Institute for Health Technology Transformation gave some interesting insight into accountable care organizations (ACOs). Among sections focusing on the origins of the ACO concept and their current state, the report detailed 10 basic things you need to know about ACOs.
Advocates for the poor and hospital executives say states' attempts to cut Medicaid hospital coverage will restrict patients' access to care, force hospitals to absorb more costs and lead to higher charges for privately insured patients.
What’s in store for health organizations looking to implement Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released their new ACO rules? A much easier way to adopt an ACO model with enhanced opportunities and reduced risks.
With the new final rules issued Thursday by CMS for accountable care organizations (ACO), the healthcare industry is working to understand the changes, which appear at first glance to make the qualifying parameters more achievable.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Thursday released the final regulations for accountable care organizations (ACOs), which contain major revisions from the draft regulations released earlier this year.
Providers offer options for the Supercommittee to cut Medicare costs by making better coverage decisions and discouraging routine unnecessary services.
As I've described previously, Meaningful Use Stage 1 was focused on the electronic capture of data into EHRs. The standards we specified included content and vocabulary but not transport.
Administration officials including Health and Human Service Secretary Kahtleen Sebelius and CMS Administrator Donald Berwick, MD, Tuesday announced new proposed rules to eliminate obsolete and redundant government healthcare regulations that could save hospitals and providers $1.1 billion annually and more than $5 billion over five years.
It happened in the usual Washington way: first, the rumor, then the denial, and then (on a Friday, so as to miss the weekday press), the official admission. The Affordable Care Act’s Community Living Assistance Services and Support program (the CLASS Act) has been abandoned by the Department of Health and Human Services.
The deadline for HIPAA 5010 compliance is knocking at the door but there is confusion, even at this late date, about what "readiness" means, says the Healthcare Billing & Management Association (HBMA).