Benefits of ACOs to Both Patients and Providers
Summary: Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) are gaining in popularity as a result…
HIMSS 2014: Looking Back to See Ahead
Last year, we summarized several key areas of innovation and consolidation that…
How Far Has Health Information Exchange Progressed (Or Has It)?
The Indiana Health Information Exchange has what is most probably the longest…
Pioneer ACOs: Some Say Risk Not Worth Reward
Pioneer ACO Experiment Produces Mixed ResultsAfter a one year experiment with the…
Technology May Make Capitation in Healthcare Work
With apologies to William Shakespeare, in this post I ask: will capitation…
New Research on ACOs and the Accountable Care Opportunity
For the past several quarters, we have continued to monitor the rapidly-developing…
Hospital Competition: Will Retail Medical Clinics Change From Foe to Friend?
With 30 million prospective new patients just over the healthcare horizon, hospitals…
Of ACOs and the Over-imaging of Children
This week’s news feeds feature a big new study on pediatric CT…
2013 AAOS Hot Topic Review
The American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS) recently held its annual meeting in…
PQRS: Alphabet Soup with Little Meaning
I'm quoted in the current is I'm quoted in the current issue…