It is no surprise that Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) have dramatically risen in popularity, with Medicare and private payers perpetually […]
Category: Data Management
Achieving the ACO Triple Aim: Care, Health, Cost
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) defines Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) as groups of doctors, hospitals, and other […]
How Deming’s Management Philosophy Applies to Healthcare
It would be difficult to find a healthcare organization that explicitly stated its adherence to W. Edwards Deming’s management philosophy. […]
How Health IT Can Transform Your ACO
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently mandated that Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) must outline how they will […]
Generating Data: Insights from ACO Leaders
At this year’s AcademyHealth Concordium, three highly-regarded physicians, each leading Accountable Care Organization (ACO) efforts at prominent academic medical centers, […]
Patient Population Management
Fear of the unknown is the impetus behind many analytics efforts. Accountable care requires providers to go far beyond providing […]