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Colorado was one of the first states to launch an accountable care-like model in 2011 to rein in Medicaid costs while improving quality of care. But other states are now following the Centennial State's lead. States across the country are either joining Medicaid ACO demonstration projects, in the middle of a pilot program or looking to start one, MedPage Today reported.
A bipartisan team of U.S. House and Senate negotiators has reached a deal to repeal the unpopular sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula,according to MedPageToday.
A bipartisan team of U.S. House and Senate negotiators has reached a deal to repeal the unpopular sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula,according to MedPageToday.
The declining cost increases in healthcare delivery has apparently had a collateral effect on repealing the sustainable growth rate formula, as the Congressional Budget Office has reduced the price tag of eliminating the unpopular method for gauging physician payments by tens of billions of dollars.
Six strategies are all that stand in the way of reducing heart failure readmissions and the potential to save hundreds of millions of dollars, according to a new study published online in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.
Although various states are posting the prices charged by their hospitals, they are not of much use to consumers, according to U.S. News and World Report.
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