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Beyond ‘Repeal and Replace’: Physicians Renew The Call For Delivery System Improvement
Growth Of ACOs And Alternative Payment Models In 2017
Weaving Whole-Person Health Throughout An Accountable Care Framework: The Social ACO
Building A System That Works: The Future Of Health Care
Age-Friendly Health Systems: How Do We Get There?
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The Toyota Production System: What Does It Mean, And What Does It Mean For Health Care?
The Toyota Production System (TPS), also known as the Lean management system (Lean), is already helping health care organizations provide high-quality, low-cost care, and it promises to do far more. However, the potential benefits of TPS/Lean are endangered...
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Hospitals’ Engagement In Population Health: Moving Past The Medicine And Into The Community
Traditionally, hospitals are thought of as places people go for medical care. But could one imagine a world where hospitals reached out to people in their communities to address the deeply rooted social and environmental factors impacting health? While...
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How Solid Is The Primary Care Foundation Of The Medical Home?
The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) has received attention as an improved care delivery model for primary care physicians — and possibly also for specialists who serve as principle physicians for patients with particular chronic conditions...
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English Developments In Value-Based Care: The Beginnings Of A Revolution?
Watching from England, one of the most remarkable and well-documented developments in US health care of recent years has been the rapid adoption of a value-based approach to health care and the creation of hundreds of accountable care organizations (ACOs...
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The Economics Of Paying For Value
Editor’s note: This post is part of a Health Affairs Blog Symposium on Health Law stemming from 4th Annual Health Law Year in P/Review conference hosted by the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School...
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New Health Care Symposium: Transformation To High Value Health Care—Build On Your Core Competence
Editor’s note: This post is part of a Health Affairs Blog symposium stemming from “ The New Health Care Industry : Integration, Consolidation, Competition in the Wake of the Affordable Care Act,” a conference held recently at Yale Law School’s Solomon...
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New Health Care Symposium: Consolidation And The Push Toward Coordinated, Accountable Care
Editor’s note: This post is part of a Health Affairs Blog symposium stemming from “ The New Health Care Industry : Integration, Consolidation, Competition in the Wake of the Affordable Care Act,” a conference held recently at Yale Law School’s Solomon...
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Fri, Mar 03 2016 9:01 AM
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New Health Care Symposium: Leveraging Today’s Health Care Environment To Achieve The Triple Aim
Editor’s note: This post is part of a Health Affairs Blog symposium stemming from “ The New Health Care Industry : Integration, Consolidation, Competition in the Wake of the Affordable Care Act,” a conference held recently at Yale Law School’s Solomon...
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New Health Care Symposium: Building An ACO—What Services Do You Need And How Are Physicians Impacted?
Editor’s note: This post is part of a Health Affairs Blog symposium stemming from “ The New Health Care Industry : Integration, Consolidation, Competition in the Wake of the Affordable Care Act,” a conference held recently at Yale Law School’s Solomon...
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Thu, Mar 03 2016 9:46 AM
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New Health Care Symposium: States’ Critical Role Overseeing Vertical Health Care Integration
Editor’s note: This post is part of a Health Affairs Blog symposium stemming from “ The New Health Care Industry : Integration, Consolidation, Competition in the Wake of the Affordable Care Act,” a conference held recently at Yale Law School’s Solomon...
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A Payment Reform Conundrum: Reconciling Conflicting Policy Goals
In early 2015, the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Sylvia Burwell, announced goals for shifting Medicare payment from fee-for-service (FFS) to alternative payment models (APMs). Qualifying APMs include, among others, accountable...
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Wed, Jan 01 2016 7:50 AM
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Paying Providers For Value: The Path Forward
The release of the Alternative Payment Model (APM) Framework White Paper earlier this week is an important milestone in the progress of the Health Care Payment Learning & Action Network (LAN) toward its goal: driving new and innovative health care...
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Thu, Jan 01 2016 12:54 PM
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Diving Into The Pool Of ACO Quality Measures: MSSP Year 2 Performance Metrics
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) released the second year of quality performance measures in August 2015. CMS provided data on each of the 33 quality measures and two composite scores for 333 Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) Accountable...
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Mon, Dec 12 2015 8:50 AM
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Taking Stock Of Choosing Wisely
Since its launch in 2012, the ABIM Foundation’s Choosing Wisely campaign has helped create conversations among clinicians and patients—both in the U.S. and abroad—about unnecessary care, particularly where significant risks of a test or treatment...
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Thu, Dec 12 2015 9:23 AM
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Medicare ACOs Continue To Show Care Improvements — And More Savings Are Possible
On August 25, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released financial and quality performance data for its accountable care organization (ACO) programs, including results from the third performance year (PY3) of the Pioneer ACO Program...
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Wed, Nov 11 2015 11:02 AM
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