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1. Building Regulatory And Operational Flexibility Into Accountable Care Organizations And ‘Shared Savings’ The Affordable Care Act created accountable care organizations (ACOs), which will be a new part of Medicare as of January 2012, together with a “shared savings program” that will modify how these organizations will be paid to care for patients. Accountable care organizations have the potential to lower costs, improve the quality of care, facilitate delivery […]...
2. Accountable Care Organizations: The Case For Flexible Partnerships Between Health Plans And Providers Under the Affordable Care Act, the new Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation will guide a number of experimental programs in health care payment and delivery. Among the most ambitious of the reform models is the accountable care organization (ACO), which will offer providers economic rewards if they can reduce Medicare’s cost growth in their […]...
3. How The Center For Medicare And Medicaid Innovation Should Test Accountable Care Organizations [Payment & Delivery] The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act establishes a national voluntary program for accountable care organizations (ACOs) by January 2012 under the auspices of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The act also creates a Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation in the CMS. We propose that the CMS allow flexibility and tiers […]...
4. Share of Cost, Secretaries of HHS, Labor and Treasury Send Letter Updating Congress on Affordable Care Act Implementation Share of Cost, Secretaries of HHS, Labor and Treasury Send Letter Updating Congress on Affordable Care Act Implementation...
5. Technology Improves Allocation Of Limited Health Care Resources In Resource-Poor Nations Technology Improves Allocation Of Limited Health Care Resources In Resource-Poor Nations...
6. In a California Program, Quality And Utilization Reports On Reproductive Health Services Spurred Providers To Change In a California Program, Quality And Utilization Reports On Reproductive Health Services Spurred Providers To Change...
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8. Analyzing Shifts In Economic Risks To Providers In Proposed Payment And Delivery System Reforms [Payment & Delivery] A key consideration in implementing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 will be changing Medicare payments to providers to slow the growth in costs and spur improvements in health care delivery. In addition to the technical feasibility of new payment models, a crucial issue will be the capacity of the health care […]...
9. Organizations Highlight Plight Of HIV-Positive Haitians, Call For Donors To Support ‘Whole Of Society’ Health System Strengthening Organizations attending the International AIDS Conference-AIDS 2010 highlighted the plight of HIV-positive earthquake survivors in Haiti who are “still waiting for aid promised to them before” the quake as rebuilding efforts slowly move along, Agence France-Presse reports. AFP notes the sentiments of some of the organizations’ representatives…...
10. The Need to Incorporate Health Information Technology into Physicians’ Education and Professional Development The Need to Incorporate Health Information Technology into Physicians' Education and Professional Development ...
11. Fact Sheet on Affordable Care Act & Americans with Disabilities This fact sheet from HealthCare.gov describes what the Affordable Care Act means for Americans with disabilities. The Act will stop insurance company discrimination based on a preexisting condition.  Beginning in 2014 the law will prohibit insurance companies from denying coverage or charging more to a person based on their medical history. It will also provide new choices for long-term supports and […]...
12. Celebrating 2 Years of Health Care Reform: Successes, Challenges and More Good to Come Celebrating 2 Years of Health Care Reform: Successes, Challenges and More Good to Come...
13. The U.S. Supreme Court has issued an opinion that upholds the Affordable Health Care Act The U.S. Supreme Court has issued an opinion that upholds the Affordable Health Care Act This includes the individual mandate for coverage.  The case challenged the constitutionality of several parts of the law, including the rule that most people in the U.S. must get health coverage.   We will continue to carry out provisions of the […]...
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15. Private-Payer Innovation In Massachusetts: The ‘Alternative Quality Contract’ Private-Payer Innovation In Massachusetts: The 'Alternative Quality Contract'...