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"Nearly all ACOs use EHRs, but only 65% draw from disease registries and 53% from personal health records; just 39% 'take advantage of secure messaging technology.'"
Excerpted from: Accountable Care News, Volume 9 Number 4, April 2018, Journal Scan: "ACOs, Other Models Struggle With Getting, Using Data."

 
What's News
  Microhospitals and healthplexes offer a peek at the future of health care
STAT, April 10, 2018
 
     
  Accountable Care Organizations and the Impact on Care Management
CMSA Today/Case Management Society of America, April 6, 2018
 
     
  Impact of ACOs on Diagnostic Testing for Prostate Cancer
Urology via Science Direct, abstract only, April 6, 2018
 
     
  Medicare ACOs have increased federal spending, contrary to savings projections
Healthcare Finance News, April 3, 2018
 
     
Advance Care Planning in an ACO Associated with Increased Advanced Directive
Journal of Palliative Medicine, abstract only, April 1, 2018
     
  Medicare ACO savings miss CBO mark by $2B+: 5 findings
Becker's Hospital Review, March 30, 2018
 
     
  Seven ACOs Exit Next Generation Model, Blaming CMS for "Unilateral" Changes
American Journal of Managed Care, March 21, 2018
 
     
Medicare ACO Enrollment and Appropriateness of Cancer Screening
JAMA Internal Medicine, abstract only, March 19, 2018
     
Blogs
  New momentum to realize the opportunity of telehealth
New momentum to realize the opportunity of telehealth
 
  What Can the U.S. and England Learn from Each Other’s Health Care Reforms?
To The Point blog/The Commonwealth Fund, March 30, 2018
 
     
  Why Do We Need ACOs and Insurance Companies? Part 3. The HMOs Strike Back!!!
The Health Care Blog, March 20, 2018
 
     
  Medicare Advantage Holds the Key to Reforming the ACO Program
NEJM Catalyst, March 20, 2018
 
     
This Month in Accountable Care News
  • Balancing Risk and Rewards: Advanced Alternative Payment Model Participation in 2018 and Beyond by Matt Amodeo and Jeanna Palmer Gunville
  • Journal Scan: ACOs, Other Models Struggle With Getting, Using Data
  • Washington DC Watch: MGMA Finds Members Oppose Mandatory APMs; Reps Form Value-Based Payment Caucus; 7 ACOs Call It Quits After Next-Gen Program Risk
    Rules Change
  • Thought Leaders' Corner: "Which type of ACO activity will have more impact on stakeholders in the long term: Medicare, Medicaid or commercial?"
  • Industry News regarding Evolent Health and MassHealth
  • Catching Up With... Matt Amodeo and Jeanna Palmer Gunville
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