In April, Lumeris unveiled its Accountable Primary Care Model, also known as the Nine C’s. The Nine C’s are a framework for primary care physicians to guide them to deliver the triple aim of ...

Explore hospital strategies winning under CMS value-based payment models to succeed with mandatory bundles and accountable care structures.

If implemented thoughtfully, LEAD could strengthen care coordination for high-need dual-eligible beneficiaries and promote longer-term investment in accountable care infrastructure. If not, it may ...

Healthcare IT is critical as hospitals begin to make the change from delivering volume-based care, to delivering value-based care. While many people have questions about how these accountable care ...

Understanding the needs of high-need, high-cost community-based beneficiaries, including homebound status, will help Medicare Advantage organizations align their provision of health services with the ...

As hospitals and physician groups prepare to launch accountable care organizations and similar payment models, surgery centers are left to ponder their role in the post-health reform world. Marc ...

AHEAD, which builds on existing all-payer models in certain states, gives participating states up to $12 million to implement the model. In return, states agree to be accountable for cost growth ...

Essential value-based care competencies include robust data analytics, a compliance approach to coding, and an understanding of what makes an ACO successful at the clinic and individual provider level ...

In Oregon, where 72% of Medicare beneficiaries are already enrolled in Medicare Advantage, Marquis Companies CFO Steve Fogg ...

Medicaid enrollees in Oregon are less likely to make unscheduled trips to the hospital following the implementation of the state's accountable-care model -- which researchers from Oregon State ...