Accountable Care Organizations

Health care is 17.5 percent of the gross domestic product. Think about that for a second: For every dollar spent in the U.S., about 18 pennies go to…

Health insurer UnitedHealthcare will partner with a local doctor’s group in a move they say will lower health care costs.The move could affect more than…

Whether it’s coverage for end-of-life counseling or an experimental payment scheme for common surgeries, Medicare in 2016 is undergoing some of the…

A high-profile Medicare experiment pushing doctors and hospitals to join together to operate more efficiently has yet to save the government money, with…

One of the main ways the Affordable Care Act seeks to reduce health care costs is by encouraging doctors, hospitals and other health care providers to…

The need to reduce patient readmission rates is leading hospitals across Florida to share ideas with one another. The “fee-for-service” payment era is…

The Obama administration Monday announced a goal of accelerating changes to Medicare so that within four years, half of the program’s traditional spending…

A program that rewards or punishes health care providers for providing better, cheaper care is expanding. The federal government announced 89 new…

One of the main ways the Affordable Care Act seeks to reduce health care costs is by encouraging doctors, hospitals and other health care providers to…

Managed Care Matters columnist Joe Paduda, an expert on workers compensation issues, writes about two ways the Affordable Care Act is forcing a change…