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Some of the sickest—and most costly—residents in senior care settings are the focus of a new type of accountable care organization (ACO). A new ACO is in the works for dual-eligible Medicaid-Medicare beneficiaries, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...

Obamacare: A Deception Institute for Political Economy February 6, 2013 Introduction by Paul Craig Roberts The article below is the most comprehensive analysis available of “Obamacare” – the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The author...

LSPPPO|HEALTHCARE NEWS|March 7, 2013 Laboratory Science, Policy and Practice Program Office Healthcare News A Weekly Compilation of Clinical Laboratory and Related Information from The Division of Laboratory Science and Standards March 7, 2013 ...

Every year at the annual HIMSS Conference, there is talk, there is buzz, there is a Zeitgeist. Well, HIMSS15, held in Chicago, set a new standard for clarity and consistency. For, as attendees dashed from presentation to presentation, meeting to meeting...

Billy Millwee, former Texas Medicaid director, recently published an excellent piece with insight into that state’s experience with quality-based payment reform. Health care payors, both private and public, are looking more and more to tie payment...