Posts Tagged ‘ACO’

The overriding theme in healthcare is data integration. Health information exchange, accountable care, interoperability and the merging healthcare industry are forming an environment where electronic patient data is being combined at a record pace. With dreams of a national patient record database, initiatives are brought forth in hopes that we can improve care, decrease costs, […]

Opinions and posturing on the Accountable Care model started well before the release of the proposed regs over a month ago. However, since their release those of us working within the healthcare industry have been riding the rollercoaster of public sentiment. The enthusiasm around the regs was immediate upon their release. Blogs, Twitter, and online […]

Recent conversations about changes to Medicare, the new ACO model, and the evolution of social media in the practice of medicine has caused questions to arise regarding the evolving role of patient within the healthcare space. Many have been using the word “consumer” as synonymous with today’s modern “patient”. con.sum.er: one that uses a commodity […]

It’s all the rage. Everyone is talking about it and some have called it the next major healthcare reform to hit the industry over the past 20 years. So what is it you ask? It is the Accountable Care Organization model, more commonly dubbed the ACO. No doubt everyone has been reading, learning and commenting […]

The release by CMS of the draft ACO regulations last week came as no surprise. What was surprising was the number of articles and comments regarding the differing perspectives around ACOs and their purpose versus the business viability and sustainability of this health reform business model. The interesting challenge around ACOs is whether this is […]

Last week John Moore of Chilmark Research wrote an excellent piece called “Much Ado About Patient Portals”. This post is a very telling sign of what we are seeing in the healthcare marketplace. With the buzz around healthcare reform and the emergence of Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) one can understand why the increase interest in […]

During the HIMSS conference last month, we heard many speak on the importance of Accountable Care Organizations, meaningful use, and healthcare analytics in driving healthcare reform. In this interview with John White, Director of Perficient’s Healthcare Practice, the importance of collaborative tools in healthcare reform were discussed. John stated that while discussions around the components […]

I listened to an H&HN Daily podcast yesterday titled ACOs Need to Focus on Clinical Care, Too. Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) CEO Maureen Bisognano was interviewed, and there were two themes that struck me in particular: Fragmentation of the patient experience leads to increased cost and decreased patient experience: Bisognano points out that many […]

“Accountable Care Organization” (ACO) was a popular buzz word at HIMSS 2011, which is concluding right now in Orlando, FL. What is an ACO? An ACO is a network of doctors and hospitals that shares responsibility for providing care to patients. Under the new law, ACOs would agree to manage all of the health care […]

I was reading “2011 Predictions: MU Goes Tactical, ACO Strategic” where John Moore, Chilmark Research, lists 2011 key IT healthcare trends. I have a payer background so my view of ACOs is slanted to the systems and processes that have been put in place over the years at Payers (DM, CM, UM, Wellness, Pharmacy Benefit […]

There is an ACO belief out there that “if you build it, they will come.” This belief is all based on honorable intentions for the patient and our communities. I just want to know what marketing plan and mobile application was used to contact all the baseball fans to go to Iowa in the movie […]