Since 2010, more than 900 accountable care organizations (ACOs) have formed payment
contracts with public and private insurers in the United States; however, there has not been …

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who were helped by the law, seemingly ignoring those Americans who were hurt with much …

A goal of Medicare's bundled payment models is to improve quality and control costs after
hospital discharge. Little is known about how participating hospitals are focusing their efforts …

An essential element in the pursuit of value-based health care is provider payment reform.
This article aims to identify and analyze payment initiatives comprising a specific …

Policy Points: Policymakers seek to transform the US health care system along two
dimensions simultaneously: alternative payment models and new models of provider …

Background 30-day hospital readmissions are an indicator of quality of care; hospitals are
financially penalized by Medicare for high rates. Numerous care transition processes reduce …

Background: Accountable care organizations (ACOs) in the Medicare Shared Savings
Program (MSSP) are associated with modest savings. However, prior research may …

The ability of accountable care organizations (ACOs) to continue reducing costs and
improving quality depends on understanding what affects their survival. We examined such …

Objective This research aimed to understand the experiences of patients transitioning from
hospitals to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) by eliciting views from patients and hospital and …

Background: Assessing hospital performance for cardiac surgery necessitates consistent
and valid care quality metrics. The association of hospital-level risk-standardized home time …