Accountable Care
With recognition that "the path through accountable care is unknown," 
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Accountable care organizations might be today's hope for grappling with healthcare costs and bumping up quality, but according to one expert, they are doomed to fail without one key element.
Premier Research Institute Vice President and Chief Scientist Eugene A. Kroch and two hospital executives shared what they believe to be the top characteristics associated with a healthcare organization's readiness to form an accountable care organization (ACO) during a webinar on Thursday.
Community Health Systems, one of the largest publicly-traded hospital systems in the country, and Cleveland Clinic have announced a strategic alliance aimed at allowing the two organizations to share clinical information to improve care and operational efficiency.
Women in a number of counties located primarily in the South and West have higher mortality rates than those in other regions, and the reasons extend beyond access to medical care, according to research published in the March issue of Health Affairs.
A physicians commission co-chaired by former Senate majority leader Bill Frist, MD, a Republican and heart surgeon from Tennessee, is calling for the federal government to phase out the fee-for-service payment model within the next decade.
During a session on how health reform is reverberating at the state level during the National Health Policy Conference held earlier this month, attendees learned how one health system in Ohio is using the accountable care organization model to improve care and costs and expand its horizons.
An accountable care initiative comprising Philadelphia-based insurer Independence Blue Cross, local provider group Abington Health and St. Lous-based tech firm Lumeris, will be among the first of its kind in greater Philadelphia, with doctors having a 360-degree view of a patient’s care across specialists and physicians, hospitals and clinics from all networks.
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