Accountable Care Organizations
November 2012
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December 2011
November 2011
- The final ACO rule
- Will ACOs be profitable?
- Proving you’re an ACO
- An overview of bundled payments
- HIEs and ACOs
- The ACO final rule
- IRS reviewing ACOs
- Hospitals writing the rules for ACO IT
- ACO redesign is more appealing
- ACOs and the IRS
- Innovation in healthcare
- Updated ACO rules make adoption easier
October 2011
- Data sharing is key
- Senior buy-in is most important
- Blue Shield grant to aid accountable care
- An in-depth look at the pioneer model
- Baby steps towards an ACO
- PACE participants are accountable care veterans
- Using data to measure success
- Q&A with David Blumenthal
- Preparing for IT in an ACO
- The pros and cons of Bundled Payments
- Bundled Payments Q&A
- Payers and providers need to team up
- What it takes to be an ACO
- Commercial ACOs continue popping up
- The HIT needs of ACOs
- Multi-payer ACO program from CMS in the works
September 2011
- Exploring Bundled Payments
- Bundled Payments emerging from ACOs’ shadow
- ACO database in creation
- List of Pioneer ACOs released
- Individualism for ACOs
- Testing on its own
- Why physicians should support ACOs
- ACO or bust? Not quite.
- Commercial ACOs on the rise
- Bundled payments as an ACO alternative
- Achieving ACO goals through IT
- ACOs could use some fine-tuning
- What is an ACO?
- Legal Barriers to ACOs
August 2011
- Helping ACOs at all stages
- The IT components of an ACO
- Don’t ignore coordinated care
- The technology that ACOs need
- Learning from ACO mistakes
- Achieving accountable care success
- The road to accountable care
- Will ACOs create a revolution?
- Knowing if you’re ready for an ACO
- Should physicians join ACOs?
- A darker view of ACOs
- HMO exec. sees openings for ACOs
- Eight choices physicians can make regarding ACOs
- Notable VC firm backing ACOs
- ACOs in practice
- Care coordination important, regardless of ACO aspirations
- Target markets for ACO creation
- The patient’s take is important
- ACOs face challenge of physician alignment
July 2011
June 2011
- Poorly coordinated care increases risk
- Surgery centers and ACOs
- Can ACOs work in Medicaid?
- ACOs conjure memories of old ideas
- Clinical data analytics will be vital
- For ACO success, insurers need to escape silos
- ACOs through payers’ eyes
- Successful disease management could lead to ACO creation
- Factors that equal ACO success
- Pioneer ACO Model to be available this summer
- How to do the next right thing
May 2011
- Options under the Affordable Care Act
- Building an ACO: What’s most important?
- Has ACO-related financial loss been exaggerated?
- Staying focused on the main goal
- Prominent organizations to skip out on ACOs?
- Some viable ACO alternatives
- Legal structure of ACOs
- Avoiding anticompetitive behavior
- How to govern an ACO
- Some insurers uncertain about accountable care
- IPA tests the ACO waters
- The commercial market is a driver for ACOs
- Will ACOs really lead to improved care?
April 2011
- ACOs and diabetes
- ACOs can lead to drastic savings
- EHR key for accountable care
- Are ACOs really the answer?
- ACOs are about trust
- ACO in Memphis
- An ACO rules summary
- More ACO questions after rules released
- Who is accountable in an ACO?
- ACO rule highlights
- Comments on health IT in the proposed ACO rules
- One ACO already producing savings
- Specialists in ACOs
- ACO rules and HIPAA
- HIE essential to ACO success
- Uncertainty about ACOs
- Legal summary of ACOs
- Creating an effective ACO
- Learning from ACOs in England
- Reactions to proposed ACO regs
- ACO advice
- Some predict few providers will create ACOs
- Are patients accountable?
- Should you create an ACO?
- HHS discusses collaboration between CMS and ONC
- Health IT key for ACOs
- ACO buzzwords to know
- ACO checklist
- The legal structure of ACOs
- Physician-hospital alignment big in ACO rules
- Comments on proposed ACO rules
- ACO model may be hard to replicate
- Reporting requirements for ACOs
- Expert analysis on CMS’s proposed ACO rules
- ACOs and health reform should equal payday for attorneys
- ACO regulations and concerns
- In-depth analysis of proposed ACO rules
- Unicorns in the flesh
- Discussing ACOs with leaders already running them
- Pharmacists’ role in ACOs
- A summary of ACOs
- A quick guide to accountable care organizations
- ACO regulations released
March 2011
- Preparing for ACOs
- What technology is needed for a successful ACO?
- Short-term financial implications for ACOs
- ACOs can’t happen overnight
- Hospitalists fit well into ACOs
- The distinction between ACOs and accountable care
- The Netherlands sets an example
- The ACO model for primary care
- ACOs explained during seminar
- UnitedHealthcare testing bundled payments
- Following the Kaiser model
- ACO pilot program in San Diego
- ACO demo projects could be coming to New Jersey
- Accountable care vs. ACOs
- Don’t forget about patients
- Increased role for case managers in ACOs
- You’re not in an ACO yet
- Accountable care organizations vs. bundled payments
- Implications for radiologists in ACOs
- Agreeing to disagree: Payers and providers debate ACO issues
- Ten steps for success
- Tech needs for ACOs
- ACO hype
- Are your employees ready for ACOs?
- The ACO approach to healthcare reform
- Lost role in ACOs
- A discussion of ACOs
- Looking out for specialists in ACOs
February 2011
- What IT is needed for ACOs?
- The next step for ACO rules
- Transitioning to accountable care
- ACO expert Q&A
- Analytics for ACOs
- ACOs need many options for delivery reform
- What equals success for ACOs?
- Medicare and private payers to be mixed in ACO demos
- 2011 ACO predictions
- ACO challenges for academic medical centers
- ACOs: Tips for getting started
- Putting people first in ACOs
- Get ready for ACOs
- Forming an ACO? What should you consider?
- ACOs in development
- Behavioral health and ACOs
- Assessing Medicare’s ACO prototype
- ACO success according to medical groups
- Missing voice in ACOs
- Interview: The future of ACOs
- California likely to require ACO licensure
- ACO errors to avoid
- How are patients attributed in ACOs?
- The pros and cons of shared savings
- Blue Cross encourages move from fee-for-service
- Video: Creating ACOs
January 2011
- Providers’ concerns for ACOs
- Making ACOs a reality
- To create or not to create
- PCPCC launching new ACO center
- ACO questions for hospital boards
- ACOs all about relationships
- Where do marketing leaders fit in an ACO?
- A guide to ACO creation
- What legal barriers exist for ACOs?
- AMGA announces participants in ACO collaborative
- ACOs: What we know
- Clearing the air on ACOs
- Summary of ACO funding
- Conflicting opinions on ACO regulations
- Pathologists’ role in ACOs
- What does the future hold?
- IT challenges presented by ACOs
- AMGA partners with Press Ganey on ACO research collaborative
- ACOs: Should we be worried?
- The surgery center’s place in an ACO
- An ACO that gives patients what they really want?
- House calls to increase with reform
- A closer look at Queens County’s ACO
- ACO created in New Jersey
- ACOs from a legal perspective
- The financial side of ACOs
December 2010
- Making assessments on an ACO prototype
- The benefits of ACOs
- Achieving accountable care
- An overview of ACOs
- New ACO formed in New Jersey
- New ACO resource center
- Collaborating for ACOs in Connecticut
- The latest on ACOs
- Tips for hospitals aligning with physicians
- Integrating physicians into ACOs
- A different view of ACOs
- A compilation of advice for CMS
- ACO vs. PCMH
- Video addresses payment reform
- ACO prototype demonstrates results
- TIPAAA report updates on ACOs
- MedPAC responds to CMS
- ACO input at its height
- How to get primary care providers to join your ACO
- Physician integration: A North Carolina perspective
- Timeline for ACO regulations
- New ACO in New Jersey
- The strategy behind ACOs
- Interview with “father of ACOs”
- How the election might have changed healthcare reform
- New services from MedAnalytics
- Sisters of Charity working towards ACO
- Choosing a cloud-based clinical application
- AMGA responds to CMS
- CMS Presents on ACOs
- Why ACOs
- AMA guidelines for ACOs
- Selling ACOs
- Coming soon: Risk-based contracts
- IT requirements for ACOs
- Microsoft to help facilitate ACO
- Creating ACOs in rural areas
- Accountable care in New Hampshire
- Legal perspective on ACOs
- Wondering if ACOs will help or hurt?
- New acronym, new decade, same concept
- AMA answers CMS on regulation advice
- ACOs explained
- Memo addresses ACOs
November 2010
- How to share the wealth
- Physicians’ guidelines for ACOs
- Clinical information resource now available in iPhone app
- Inside ACO negotiations
- CMS questions leave many ACO paths open
- Measuring the quality of accountable care
- CMS staff disagreements delaying ACO regulations
- Are you ready to join an ACO?
- AMGA creates collaborative for implementing ACOs
- Who wields the power when it comes to ACOs?
- ACOs and aging boomers
- AMA has its own questions about ACOs
- What can providers do now?
- ACOs will vary, but their road to success is will be the same
- American Hospital Association gives ACO advice
- Could ACOs hurt consumers?
- Accountable care in Louisville, KY
- The acronym may be different, but the concept isn’t
- ACOs and palliative care
