The Seattle IHT2 Health IT Summit, now in its seventh year, will focus on defining meaningful use as participants convene on Wednesday, Aug. 22. The opening keynote will be on the "State of the Health Care IT Union" by Advisory Board Executive Director David Garets. Other sessions will cover accountable care organizations, security and privacy in health IT, and telehealth applications. The summit will be held at the Seattle Marriott Waterfront. Future summits will be held in 2012 in New York City in September; Beverly Hills, CA in November; and Austin, TX, in December.
Those most likely to benefit from participation in accountable care organizations may face the biggest barriers to enrollment, a new report suggests.
Despite a somewhat rocky start, Medicare beneficiaries have been supportive of accountable care organizations, a government official said.
June 01, 2012
Anne Tumlinson made a startling revelation about hospital discharges during a recent McKnight's webcast.
Provider groups are pushing Congress to replace the formula Medicare uses to reimburse physicians and eliminate other regulatory burdens.
May 14, 2012
Clearly, the assisted living field has made some amazing strides in the past few decades.
February 29, 2012
"The Healthcare Executive's Guide to ACO Strategy" dissects the integral components of accountable care organizations from physician, provider, and payer views. The book also includes an analysis of final federal regulations. The publication is intended to offer advice on successful ACO implementation. Among the covered how-to topics: participating in the CMS Shared Savings program, distinguishing the various characteristics of an ACO and its operations, understanding reimbursements, and more.
December 19, 2011
We're hearing a lot about the looming world of accountable care organizations, or ACOs, especially with Monday's unveiling of the 32 "pioneer" organizations. Odds are you have a lot of work to get ready.
May 16, 2011
I haven't heard them pronounced this way yet, but long-term care providers might want to consider it when it comes to ACOs. Instead of spelling it out, as in A-C-O, say it phonetically, as in "Ache-O."
April 20, 2011
If there were any doubt, you can erase it now: If you're a long-term care provider, you MUST make sure you are ingrained in whatever form accountable care organizations take near you in the future. That message came through exceedingly clear from Mark Parkinson, president and CEO of the American Health Care Association, during a free-ranging sit-down Tuesday with reporters.
