Month: October 2011

Provider groups heart the ACO regs

About today’s issue of the final ACO rule, Sarah Kliff reports, Today’s regulation does a lot to both increase the financial incentives and decreases the risks,

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On The Record (with daily recap)

CMS: Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) regulations Today in TIE: Reflex, Austin with more on repeal via reconciliation, Don on genetic markers and LTC insurance I

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Reflex: October 20, 2011

The USPSTF says that Pap tests for cervical cancer screening are only needed every 3 years, reports Nancy Walsh. Many women are getting them every year,

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On The Record

Today in TIE: Reflex, Austin on windows in the ivory tower and coalitions around reform/repeal, Don on HPSA and MUA designation methods, Kevin on Japan

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Repeal and the reform coalition

An expansion of something I expressed in several tweets earlier today: Presume for the moment that Republicans retain the House and take the Senate and

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Reflex: October 19, 2011

Commonwealth Fund Commission on a high performance health system’s third national health care scorecard: U.S. scores 64 out of 100 on key performance indicators. “The scorecard finds

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