by Mary Pat Whaley | Mar 11, 2013 | Day-to-Day Operations, Headlines
Welcome to our guide to Healthcare Buzzwords! ACO An acronym for “Accountable Care Organization”, an ACO is a model of healthcare delivery in which a group of healthcare providers agree to accept payment for their services based on the aggregated health...
by Abraham Whaley | Jul 30, 2012 | Compliance, Headlines, Medicare & Reimbursement
At a press conference last Thursday, Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius and Attorney General Eric Holder announced the creation of a “Public-Private Partnership” to prevent healthcare fraud. The voluntary partnership between federal...
by Abraham Whaley | May 21, 2012 | 2.0 Tuesday, Innovation, Learn This: Technology Answers
As managers, providers and employees, we always have to be looking ahead at how the technology on our horizon will affect how our organizations administer health care. In the spirit of looking forward to the future, we present “2.0 Tuesday”, a feature on...
