PCORI’s Problem: Reasons Are Not Causes
Editor's note: In another Health Affairs Blog post also published today, Joe Selby, the executive director of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, responds to David Introcaso's post below....
View ArticleNot Even Discussed In Private Rooms: Childhood Sexual Abuse and Abuse Survivors
There is a health crisis in this country (as well as worldwide) that adversely affects one-fifth of the US population. Consequences of this crisis manifest in a wide variety of serious disease...
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The Time Is Now To Fix Medicare ACOs
This past January 20th, the Department of Health And Human Services established national Medicare pay-for-value goals. By 2016, the Department intends to tie 30 percent of Medicare payments, and by...
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Medicare’s Rush To Risk: Confounding Theory And Practice, Leaving ACOs...
This past January, Health and Human Services Secretary Burwell announced her department’s goal to tie 50 percent of traditional Medicare payments to alternative or value-based payment models over the...
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MSSP Year Two: Medicare ACOs Show Muted Success
On August 25, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced Performance Year Two (PY2) results for the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs)....
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Synchronizing Medicare Advantage And ACOs To Support The Secretary’s Quality...
In January 2015, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell announced the Department will tie an increasing percentage of Medicare reimbursement to quality or value. While...
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