The Ochsner Accountable Care Network (OACN) has once again been recognized for its top performance in both healthcare quality ...

CMS is rolling out a new ACO model for patients enrolled in both Medicare and Medicaid, many of whom are among the highest-need, highest-risk beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare. The Medicare-Medicaid ...

CMS has named 89 new accountable care organizations that will participate in the Medicare Shared Savings Program, effective this month. The new Medicare ACOs will coordinate care for nearly 1.2 ...

There will be more denials of care.’ Accountable care organizations get financially penalized when they spend too much.

The Medicare Shared Savings Program allows healthcare providers to create or participate in Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) that aim to deliver better healthcare while helping lower costs. The ...

CMS created a Medicare-Medicaid ACO model to improve the quality of care and lower costs to the programs’ beneficiaries. Here’s what you need to know. 1. The model mirrors the Medicare Shared Savings ...

Collaborative ACOs and value-based care models help include rural providers, achieving shared savings despite resource limitations and inappropriate spending benchmarks. ACOs serving patients with ...

“These findings suggest that Medicaid ACOs hold promise in improving some maternal health outcomes,” lead author Megan B.

On the first day of 2013, 106 new accountable care organizations officially started participating in the Medicare shared savings program, as federal health officials try to show that new health reform ...

Editor’s note: This article by Tony Mira, president and CEO of Anesthesia Business Consultants, an anesthesia & pain management billing and practice management services company, originally appeared in ...

The Medicare Shared Savings Program lets healthcare providers form or join Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) to coordinate higher-quality care to Medicare beneficiaries while helping reduce costs.