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"Recent studies show that a typical medical practice spends, on average, about 785.2 hours a year per doctor to track and report quality measures at a cost of $40,069 per doctor."

Excerpted from: Accountable Care News, Volume 7 Number 12, December 2016, "MACRA: the Health Crisis"

 
What's News
  Accountable Care Organization Hospitals Differ in Health IT Capabilities
The American Journal of Managed Care, abstract only, December 13, 2016
 
     
  Panelists Say ACOs Show Positive Influence on Cost, Care
American Academy of Family Physicians, December 6, 2016
 
     
Analysis: Missed ACO Savings Due to Lack of Collaboration
HealthLeaders Media, December 5, 2016
     
Key Steps for Payer Success in Accountable Care Organizations
HealthPayer Intelligence, December 2, 2016
     
  The All-Payer ACO Model: An Opportunity For Vermont, Exemplar For The Nation
Health Affairs Blog, November 22, 2016
 
     
  Premier ACOs Continue to Outpace Peers, Data Shows
Healthcare Informatics, November 17, 2016
 
     
  The value of chiropractic patients with accountable care organizations
Chiropractic Economics, November 17, 2016
 
     
  Payment and Delivery Reform in Medicare: A Primer on Medical Homes, ACOs
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, November 17, 2016
 
 
This Month in Accountable Care News
  • CMS' New Quality Measures: Is Your Organization Ready? Thomas Graf, M.D., FAAFP, and Cynthia Bailey
  • CMS Star Ratings Fail to Reflect True Clinical Quality by Frank Mazza, M.D.
  • The German Model: Measuring the Impact of Accountable Care Organizations on Population Health by Alexander Pimperl, Ph.D., Timo Schulte, MBA, Axel Mühlbacher, Ph.D., Magdalena Rosenmöller, Ph.D., M.D., MBA, Reinhard Busse, M.D., MPH, FFPH, Oliver Groene, Ph.D., MSc, M.A., Hector P. Rodriguez, Ph.D., MPH, and Helmut Hildebrandt, Ph.D. (h.c.)
  • MACRA: the Health Crisis by Pawan Grover, M.D.
  • Thought Leaders' Corner: "How Can Physicians Prepare for the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA)?"
  • Catching Up with... Lili Brillstein
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