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Accountable Care Bulletin             |           September 7, 2010             |           Volume One Issue Four
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What's News
  
Hospitals and Other Organizations That are Exempt from Federal Income Tax Face Challenges
Lexology, September 1, 2010 

Physician Involvement Key to Successful Accountable Care
Hospital Review, August 30, 2010

California Provider Groups: Focus on ACO
Healthcare Digital, August 30, 2010 
 
Accountable Care Organizations Work to Rein in Health Costs
Sacramento Business Journal, August 27, 2010 
 
CMS Issues Preliminary Briefing on Accountable Care Organizations
Lexology, August 23, 2010 

COST: Bottom Lines at ACOs
New America Foundation, August 20, 2010 

ACOs: A Mystery of Biblical Proportion
Modern Healthcare, August 9, 2010 

Health Policy Brief: Accountable Care Organizations
Healthcare Economist, August 4, 2010  

This Month
 
  In the September issue of Accountable Care News, you'll find:
  • Accountable Care Organizations: Accountable to Whom? And To What? By Jay J. Cohen, M.D., MBA, President/Chairman of the Board, Monarch Healthcare
  • Building the Foundation: A Framework and Process for Initiating Cultural Transformation of an Accountable Care Organization By Jeff Hannah, ABD, M.A., Peter W. Roberts, M.H.A., M.H.E., and James M. Levett, M.D., FACS
  • Patient-Centered Team Care for Improved Management of Chronic Diseases By Richard Dryer, MD, Kimberly Baker-Genaw, MD, and William Keimig, MD Department of Medicine, Henry Ford Medical Group, Henry Ford Health System
  • Thought Leader's Corner: “Can Accountable Care Organizations have a meaningful impact on the cost-curve?
  • Industry News - news briefs including: Premier, AMGA, Exeter Health, The Chartis Group, Verisk Health,  and HealthLeaders-InterStudy
  • Catching Up With... David L. Bronson, MD, President of Cleveland Clinic Regional Hospitals, Cleveland Clinic, Chair, Board of Directors, American Medical Group Association (AMGA)
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