When was the last time you saw a government program, any government program, implemented ahead of schedule? Or on time, for that matter? We’ve grown accustomed to setbacks and delays […]

There is no common definition for population health. But if you ask enough healthcare executives, you’ll get a clear sense of what it means in terms of how it challenges […]

The move to accountable care is ultimately about achieving better health outcomes at lower cost while creating a better experience for the patient. This is the Triple Aim. A narrow […]

In a Commonwealth Fund/Kaiser Family Foundation survey, 50 percent of PCPs report that quality metrics have a negative impact on their ability to provide quality care to their patients.i If […]

The design and implementation of accountable care structures like ACOs has been a popular mode of transforming healthcare from volume- to value-based healthcare delivery systems. As was oft-quoted in the […]

Last week, The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) published the results of a study that showed that the Pioneer Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Model achieved almost $400 million […]

Thirty-eight states are developing State Innovation Models (SIM), or new models for multi-payer healthcare payment and service delivery, funded by grants from CMS. The SIM program tests ways to lower […]

It is well known that a viable source of health dollar savings is the efficient use of post-acute care (PAC) services. MedPAC has identified widespread variation in post-acute care utilization, […]