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Patient-Centered Care Approach Tops List of Changes Coming to Long-Term Facilities
A combination of increasingly high costs, alarming statistics, Affordable Healthcare Act requirements and an aging generation of Baby Boomers has forced the long-term care industry to evaluate and adjust the way it provides services to post-acute care patients. An increasing number of patients have their healthcare coverage through an ACO or MCO, which have theirRead the Rest…
120k Michigan Medicare Patients Covered by ACO, Thanks to Affordable Care Act
Here in Michigan, the momentum of the Affordable Care Act is growing as thousands of doctors across the state work together to improve the quality of Medicare services by joining the new accountable care organization, POM ACO. The initiative is expected to have a great deal of positive impacts for Medicare patients, specifically regarding improvementsRead the Rest…
Reports on Inconsistencies in ACO Trials
Since they were established under the Affordable Care Act, Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) have been lauded for their more effective patient care practices and greater Medicare cost reductions. However, according to a new set of federal healthcare data, ACOs do not always demonstrate the same degree of success—especially when it comes to managing diabetes andRead the Rest…
ACOs and Medicare: The Basics
Scoot over, HMO, there’s a new acronym in town. Accountable Care Organizations—better known as ACOs—are one of the most talked about initiatives of the Affordable Care Act. But what exactly are they? Following the long-standing tradition of healthcare affairs that leave both patients and providers baffled, the ACO phenomenon has resisted every attempt that hasRead the Rest…