by MBA Medical | Oct 17, 2012 | Blog
According to a survey by Black Book, a market research company, the data requirements to launch an accountable care organization (ACO) will cost smaller organizations more than $1 million and the larger ones upwards of $4 million before they begin operations....
by MBA Medical | Sep 13, 2012 | Blog
Over the next three years, meaningful use policy will be instituted in stages, and medical providers are required to prove their qualification or face penalties as early as 2015. While these penalties, or “adjustments,” are over two years away, the time for...
by MBA Medical | Aug 20, 2012 | Blog
Governor John Kitzhaber and his health care chiefs have invested two years to the cause of winning converts in their efforts to fix Oregon’s health care system, including reigning in costs. One healthcare initiative is the state’s new coordinated care organizations,...
by MBA Medical | Jul 25, 2012 | Blog
Earlier this month, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced that since the first of July, there have been 88 newly-formed Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) serving 1.2 million people with Medicare in 40 states and Washington, D.C. The...
by MBA Medical | Jun 27, 2012 | Blog
After months of pushing for a delay in converting to the ICD-10 codes, the American Medical Association is considering a new option: skip ICD-10 altogether and move to ICD-11. In reaction to protests, the Department of Health and Human Services published a proposed...
