Clinical Integration
On March 31, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the much-anticipated proposed regulation for the Medicare Shared Savings Program, which encourages the voluntary formation of accountable care organizations (ACOs).
Issue Paper: New Health Care Delivery Programs
Issue Paper: Clinical Integration
Assessment of Cost Trends and Price Differences for U.S. Hospitals
A report by economists Margaret Guerin-Calvert and Guillermo Israilevich with Compass Lexecon which provides an in-depth examination of the costs hospitals incur in providing patient care and why those costs may differ among various types of hospitals, as well as the relationship of costs to prices…
Assessment of Cost Trends and Price Differences for U.S. Hospitals - A PowerPoint Overview
Five Barriers to Clinical Integration in Hospitals \(and what to do about them\)
Accountable Care Organizations Presentation by Hospital Experiences in Implementing Bundling and Accountable Care Organizations by Edward G. Murphy, M.D.
Accountable Care Organization Presentation: Acute Care Episode Demonstration by David Vadewater
Legal and regulatory barriers