 |
| |
Health
Change Bulletin
| April 26, 2012 | Volume Four Issue
Sixteen |
|
| |
|
|
| |
 |
|
| |
 |
|
| |
 |
|
| |
"When the Supreme
Court acts, we will be ready with plans that actually work to lower the
cost of care and to help people keep the care they want" Senator John
Barrasso |
|
| |
|
|
| |
 |
|
| |
In 2011, Fidelity's HSA customer base jumped 61 percent to 119,000 from
74,000 at the end of 2010. In addition, the company signed 16 new
employers offering HSAs to their employees, ending the year with 57, up
from 41 at year end 2010. As of February 29, 2012, Fidelity administered
HSA assets of $327 million, up 43 percent from $229 million one year
prior.
Fidelity Investments |
|
| |
|
|
| |
 |
|
| |
Employers, brokers disagree over when health reform subsidies apply
IFAwebnews, April 25, 2012
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
PPACA: Energy and Commerce Eyes CO-OPs
LifeHealthPro, April 25, 2012 |
|
| |
|
|
| |
New IRS Regulations Imposing Fees Upon Self-Insured Plans
JD Supra, April 25, 2012 |
|
| |
|
|
| |
Health Insurers to Give Back $1.2 Billion, Analyst Says
Bloomberg, April 25, 2012 |
|
| |
|
|
|
Trustees Issue Warnings On Medicare, But Make No Changes To Solvency
Projections
Kaiser Health News, April 23, 2012 |
|
|
|
|
| |
US Republicans eye health plan should court overturn reform
Reuters, April 22, 2012 |
|
| |
|
|
| |
 |
|
|
Poll Shows Awareness of Health Overhaul Grows, But Opinions Barely Budge
Wall Street Journal Health Blog, April 24,
2012 |
|
| |
|
|
| |
A Closer Look At The Medicare Trustees’ Report
Health Affairs Blog, April 24, 2012 |
|
| |
|
|
| |
 |
|
| |
CMS final rule aims to save $1.6B in fraud
FierceHealth,
https://twitter.com/FierceHealth,
April 25, 2012 |
|
| |
|
|
| |
New ACOs contending for Medicare bonuses
include 14 physician-led groups.
AmericanMedicalNews,
https://twitter.com/amednews,
April 25, 2012 |
|
| |
|
|
| |
 |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
 |
| |
Aligning Forces For
Quality Initiative Program Results: Top Approaches to Starting a Medical
Home
1. Leadership. The practices most successful at implementing a medical
home had the benefit of two champions: a practice manager and a
physician
2. Buying in. Practices that were able to disseminate the value of the
medical home to the wider team saw greater success over the long-term
3. Understanding details. To help the wider practice understand the
details of the medical home, successful practices encouraged a team
member to become a “medical home expert”
4. Small steps. The concept of “incrementalism” was viewed as a
necessary way to begin medical home implementation
5. Data use. While all practices saw the benefit of data, the most
successful practices proved to be active in obtaining and reviewing
data, even from external sources like insurers
6. Clear roles. Practice teams found that clearly defining roles and
responsibilities of team members helped in clarifying duties, engaging
all members, and standardizing PCMH work
7. Curiosity. All practices expressed a desire to learn more from their
peers
Source: Dorland Health
Source URL:
http://www.dorlandhealth.com/news/urac/Lucky-7-Navigating-the-Top-Approaches-to-Starting-a-Medical-Home_2207.html |
|
| |
 |
|
| |
Network and discuss
Health Care Change with other health care professionals in the LinkedIn
Health Change Bulletin Group. It's free, and you can join right now, at
http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2345915 |
|
| |
|
|
| |
 |
|
| |
Your friends and colleagues
and subscribe to Health Change Bulletin for free by visiting
http://www.HealthChangeBulletin.com/subscrb.htm.
You can unsubscribe anytime at
http://www.healthchangebulletin.com/unsub.htm.
You can also visit the web site for information on advertising through
Health Change Bulletin, or call 209.577.4888 to discuss your
organization's Sponsor Message or Dedicated Announcement. Health Change
Bulletin is a free publication issued weekly from the Health Policy
Publishing, LLC, who also publishes Medical Home News (www.MedicalHomeNews.com),
Predictive Modeling News (www.PredictiveModelingNews.com),
Accountable Care News (www.AccountableCareNews.com),
and Readmissions News (www.ReadmissionsNews.com) |
|
| |
|
|
| |
Health Change Bulletin, a publication of
Health Policy Publishing LLC
1101 Standiford Avenue, Suite C-3, Modesto, CA 95350
(v) 209.577.4888 | (f) 209.577.3557 | (e)
info@healthchangebulletin.com
© 2012, Health Policy Publishing LLC |
|
