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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is revisiting mandatory bundled payment models, possibly for radiation oncology and cardiac care, according to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, which signals a strong...
A mandatory payment model is coming in oncology care, HHS Secretary Alex Azar said Thursday during an appearance at a value-based care summit. Azar said that the administration would “revisit” mandatory models that it had previously...
(Story updated at 3:57 p.m. ET)The CMS plans to unveil a mandatory Medicare payment model for cancer patients, and two new voluntary models for cardiac care in the coming weeks, said HHS Secretary Alex Azar. That means the Trump...
For six years during her 20s, Tara Carter didn’t have a primary care doctor. To her, it wasn’t an efficient use of her time. First, she had to take time off work and sit in a doctor’s office, where she’d shell out her copay and answer a...
A report released in August gleaned characteristics of successful ACOs from 15 studies on the subject. One was having physicians in leadership roles who act as “clinical champions” and create a culture of shared commitment among clinicians...
Today, as in 1978, the global community grapples with providing basic, essential health care—especially for the most underserved among us, who are often at the margins of society and the center of health tragedies. In the United States,...
For the last eight years, the US health care system, led by Medicare, has been going to school, learning how to do comprehensive provider payment reform. The most important courses have focused on how to improve performance for entire...
PCPCC announced its participation in the Coalition to Improve Diagnosis with the launch of a new initiative, “ACT for Better Diagnosis.” For more information and a list of participating organizations, visit www.BetterDiagnosis.org.
The Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative also recently reported that NCQA PCMHs distinguish accountable care organizations (ACOs) that improve from those that do not. The Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) ACOs with more NCQA...
What's the best way forward for Accountable Care Organizations? Evidence shows they should prioritize primary care and advanced models like the Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH), declares a new report from the Patient-Centered Primary...
The large savings for physician-led ACOs is a departure from a 2017 evaluation of the MSSP program. That report showed just one-third of ACOs in the program achieved savings, though they outperformed their FFS counterparts on most quality...
Accountable Care Organizations that were launched in part through loans from the CMS saved Medicare $82 million after just one year of operations, according to a federal report released Friday. The CMS spent just $58 million in loans to...
  August 20, 2018 - A collaborative culture, prior value-based reimbursement experience, and robust EHR use are among the top factors contributing to accountable care organization (ACO) success, according to a new report from the Patient-...
 Advanced primary care models such as the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) may contribute to improved population health outcomes and lower costs in accountable care organizations (ACOs), according to a recent report from the Patient-...
Could integrating the patient-centered medical home into accountable care organizations be the key to driving care quality and cost savings? According to one new report from the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC), it could...
This article highlights the findings in PCPCC's 2018 Evidence Report.  "What do the most successful accountable care organizations (ACOs) have in common? A focus on primary care, according to a new study. The report (PDF) released...
This article summarizes the findings in PCPCC's 2018 Evidence Report.  Advanced primary care boosts the savings rate and quality performance of accountable care organizations, researchreleased this week says. Researchers found a...
With 10% of the U.S. population in ACOs and almost 1,000 available around the country, these findings are widely applicable for healthcare players in both the public and private sectors as they work out new payment models amid the...
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Earlier this year, Cleveland Cavaliers player Kevin Love wrote a powerful piece for the Players' Tribune in which he detailed having his first panic attack, followed by a struggle to seek help. Love was inspired to come forward after...
In 2008, Billy Beane, former Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.), and former Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) argued in the New York Times that health care in the United States was overpriced and underperforming. A bipartisan policy has emerged to...

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