CMS is pursuing empiric fee-schedule accuracy in original Medicare (eg, validating procedure time assumptions) while rapidly expanding MSSP and CMMI pathways to move beyond unmanaged fee-for-service.

When the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released the proposed rule for accountable care organizations at the end of March, health information technology was recognized and emphasized as a ...

The following is a list of 19 accountable care organizations that have been announced in the last three months, in alphabetical order by payor. (Note: Number 8 alone involves seven ACOs.) 1. Aetna, ...

TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of Texas Tech Health El ...

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront featured topic, Accountable Care for Population Health, featuring analysis and discussion of how to understand, design, support, and measure ...