IanMorrison.com—Last week Engaging the Patient headed down to San Diego for the American Hospital Association’s Leadership Summit. There we caught an exceptional presentation from Ian Morrison, a consultant, author, healthcare futurist, and hilarious call-a-spade-a-spade iconoclast. Following a presentation on ACOs, Morrison took an honest look at the issue with the line, “The accountable care organization [...]
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Dear Sir, Madam or Occupant. You are in an ACO
Posted in Accountable Care Organizations, Financial Outcomes, Patient Communication, Patient Education, patient engagement, tagged Accountable care organization, American Hospital Association, Communication, Health care, Ian Morrison, San Diego on July 25, 2011 |
ACO Regulations Turn Allies into Critics
Posted in Accountable Care Organizations, Legislation, patient engagement, Reform, tagged Accountable care organization, American Medical Group Association, Cleveland Clinic, Donald Berwick, Geisinger Health System, Legislation on June 23, 2011 |
It seems that many groups that were once supportive of the program are now expressing deep reservations. Indeed, the discontent appears to be deeper than what might be expected as agreeable platitudes evolve into hard and fast rules. Modern Medicine quotes one organization calling the new regulations a “deal killer.” At least 7 members of [...]
Decoding the ACO Regulations
Posted in Accountable Care Organizations, Disease Management, Incentives, Legislation, patient engagement, Reform, Satisfaction, tagged Accountable care organization, Disease Management, Health care, Health care reform, Legislation, patient engagement, Reform, Regulation on April 20, 2011 |
KevinMD – If you are interested in the new ACO regulations but are less than enthused about perusing this 429 page document, here are some simple take-away items to better understand the changing regulatory landscape: • An organization must satisfy an eight-part definition of patient-centeredness in order to be considered an ACO. • A Medicare [...]
Health Reform, Accountable Care Organizations and What’s Next
Posted in Patient Communication, patient engagement, patient experience, Satisfaction, tagged Accountable care organization, Communication, Electronic health record, Health care, Health care reform, patient engagement, Patient Experience, patient protection and affordable care act, Technology on November 4, 2010 |
Healthcare Technology News- Healthcare Technology News is doing a great job of laying out what Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) are and why they are an essential part of the industry’s future. The publication is attending work groups and parsing through reams of government documents to get a handle on the new landscape of jargon in [...]
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