Some see them as partners, some as payers, some as reluctant, recalcitrant payers. A recent survey of Managed Care Organizations, however, reveals that many of them also believe in multi-pronged approaches as patients leave the hospital, including nursing, social services and home-health visits, often offering some of these services on their own.Many of the MAOs […]

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  In our lead article this week, based on a Department of Health and Human Services press release, we published a link to the complete list of 106 new ACOs. At first glance, it would appear that individual physicians are taking the lead in forming new Accountable Care Organizations. Upon closer examination of the HHS […]

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