The Leap to Accountable Care Organizations
(Media Health Leaders Intelligence, April 2011) - Health leaders indepth coverage of the status, components, barriers, drivers and future plans of Accountable Care Organizations.
HIGPA: Recent Contract Cancellations an Attache on American Hospitals
Washington, D.C. (March 7, 2011) – Health Industry Group Purchasing Association (HIGPA) President Curtis Rooney today issued the following statement on the recent decision by medical device manufacturer Medtronic to cancel some of its largest GPO contracts.
Obama Supports Easing Health Law Mandates for States
WASHINGTON (New York Times, Feb. 28, 2011) — Seeking to appease disgruntled governors, President Obama announced Monday that he supported amending the 2010 health care law to allow states to opt out of its most burdensome requirements three years earlier than currently permitted.
5 Things You Need To Understand About Looming Health Care Changes
(CommonHealth, Feb. 21, 2011) In case you missed the news, Gov. Deval Patrick put the state on notice last week that over the next five years, he wants the entire Massachusetts health care system to shift to a new way of working. The current system, he said, provides financial incentives for more care rather than better care. At the center of that shift, the buzzword of all buzzwords in the months to come, is “ACOs,” or Accountable Care Organizations.