Mike Cassidy
Accountable Care Legal
The Progress and Promise of ACOs
By Mike Cassidy, Esq. Since Accountable Care Organizations (“ACO”) are one of the featured topics for the May edition of ...
Legal
Pioneer ACOs Announced by CMS
On December 19, 2011, CMS issued a press release announcing that 32 leading health care organizations across the country will participate ...
Medicare
Are ACOs the Answer?
By Mike Cassidy It may seem contradictory that Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) are championed as the new answer to manage ...
Medicare
Final CMS Accountable Care Organization Regulations Provide ACOs More Flexibility
By Mike Cassidy CMS has finally released the final rule for the Medicare Shared Savings Program, which is the program ...
Legal
U.S. Physician Practices Spend Four Times As Much As Payer Administrative Money As Canadian Counterparts
A commonwealth fund supported studies reported some key findings: 1. Physician practices in the United States spent $82,975.00 per physician ...
Legal
Healthcare Industry Groups Comment on EHR and Health Reform
By Mike Cassidy In two separate letters, one just by the American Hospital Association and one by a consortium of ...
Accountable Care
Easier Softer ACOs
Although the ink is barely dry on the proposed regulations for Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), there are already harbingers that ...