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Step-by-step quality improvement measures can ease ACO implementation
Despite the huge undertaking that many skeptics say would be required of accountable care organizations (ACO), leaders at Tuesday's Second National Accountable Care Organization Summit in Washington,
McClellan: ACOs difficult but possible
"ACOs are not made up of a few steps, but fundamental change...in organizations 'walking the walk' in improving care and lowering costs," said Director of the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform
Feeling meaningfully used
They say everybody's a critic. These days, everybody's a pundit, too. That's particularly true when it comes to "meaningful use" of EMRs. On Tuesday morning, CMS of course released its final rule on
Obama's recess appointment of Berwick as CMS head draws criticism from Republicans
As expected, last night's announcement that President Obama would bypass Senate confirmation and use a recess appointment in naming Dr. Donald Berwick the next head of the Centers for Medicare and
As CMS chief, Berwick will embrace IT as long as it improves quality
You've no doubt heard the news that Dr. Donald M. Berwick will be named administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Berwick, founder and CEO of the Cambridge, Mass.-based
SPOTLIGHT: New alliance forms to improve nursing home quality
In an attempt to increase the quality levels at nursing homes and in home healthcare settings, the Long-Term Care Quality Alliance was officially formed on Tuesday, McKnight's reports. The group's
'Health IT Week' shrinks, but Congress needs all the reminders it can get
In case anyone missed the news, today is the first day of the National Health IT Week . In just its fourth year, it's an event that's already losing its luster. According to the promotional materials:
ALSO NOTED: McClellan goes to think tank; N.Y. hospitals expect $28 million; and much more...
> Former CMS head Mark McClellan will soon head a new health care center at think tank the Brookings Institution.
SPOTLIGHT: McClellan argues for power of competition
Outgoing CMS head Mark McClellan sat down for a chat this week with The Christian Science Monitor . In a wide-ranging discussion, McClellan laid out his belief in the power of competition for improving healthcare efficiency, citing a 10 percent drop in provider costs under the Medicare prescription drug program as an example. He also expressed support for the notion of making Medicare premiums income-sensitive, a concept CMS plans to implement in 2007. Article
Norwalk named acting director of CMS
Leslie Norwalk has been named acting director of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. She will be replacing CMS Administrator Mark McClellan, who announced that he was stepping down from his post to join a think tank focused on improving the U.S. healthcare system. "She is a nationally recognized expert on Medicare issues and played a central role in the successful implementation of the prescription drug benefit and other reforms to Medicare and Medicaid," Mike Leavitt, …
