Orange County’s larger hospital groups are continuing to dip their toes into the waters of accountable-care organizations. Such structures bring hospitals, insurers and doctors’ groups together in an ...

Making the move to accountable care is a big step — and one that requires the support of all stakeholders throughout the continuum of care. By creating an environment that is receptive to and ...

The decision to pursue surgery in patients with Alzheimer disease and related dementias is challenging. Accountable care organizations may influence decisions to pursue surgery in this population.

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 ...

Having been blessed by the new health reform legislation, accountable care organizations (ACOs) are a hot topic in the health policy world, as evidenced by the just-concluded and well-attended ...

Hospitals are increasingly looking to more closely align with physicians for a variety of reasons, including the likely evolution of the healthcare industry from a fee-for-service to a global payment ...

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront featured topic Accountable Care for Population Health, featuring analysis and discussion of how to understand, design, support, and measure ...

Many rural providers, like critical access hospitals, rely on cost-based reimbursement or flat, encounter-based payments like ...