A coalition of organizations, including the AHA, urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to ensure accountable care organizations and Merit-based Incentive Payment System-eligible ...

CMS Releases Q&A on Accountable Care Organizations The CMS Office of Legislation has released a document explaining some basic facts about accountable care organizations, new umbrella groups of ...

Accountable care organizations have proliferated in the past three years. The increase has been spurred by private payors’ interest in coordinated care management and the Patient Protection and ...

One of the missions of the 2010 federal health law is to slow the soaring cost of health care. A key strategy for Medicare is encouraging doctors, hospitals and other health care providers to form ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, recently released a request for applications seeking accountable care organizations (ACOs) to engage ...

The following 12 organizations recently offered feedback and recommendations on the structure, principles and criteria for accountable care organizations. 1. AMA Lists 6 Ways to Help Independent ...

Medicare fee-for-service accountable care organizations are thriving, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. "One of CMS' top priorities is to expand access to quality, ...

"These results reflect the dedication of our team and prove that when care is coordinated and built on trusted relationships, patients experience better outcomes and the system spends less," said ...

Indianapolis, IN, Feb. 19, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Primaria Health, a primary care management services organization, has been selected to participate in the Medicare Next Generation Accountable Care ...

Modern Healthcare has recognized Farzad Mostashari, MD, co-founder and CEO of Aledade, the nation's largest network of independent value-based primary care, as one of the 100 Most Influential People ...