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For healthcare organizations, 2013 is a year of transitions fueled by federal mandates and aided by technology. 

Ken Bradley, vice president of strategic planning for Navicure, discusses how the acceleration of transitions throughout the industry, including the shift to ICD-10, EHRs, and value-based care, will be easier if physician practices learn from the past.

Physician Practices and the Shift to ICD-10, EHRs, and Value-Based Care

Accountable care organizations (ACOs), in which providers partner up to improve care quality while reducing costs are cropping up across the country and many physicians are considering participating in them.

But the ACO movement is still quite new and physician insurers are not yet sure how to approach them. As a result, there are a lot of 

gray areas when it comes to liability and ACOs that physicians must be aware of

In this podcast, Jeff Brunken, president of physician insurer MGIS, shares what ACO-related liability issues physicians need to be aware of, and how physicians can make sure they are adequately covered.

In this podcast, Jeff Brunken, president of physician insurer MGIS, shares important ACO-related liability issues physicians face.

ACOs and Liability Risks for Physicians

Physicians and their practices are facing a variety of upcoming structural models - ACOs, bundled payments, patient centered medical homes - which require further integration, communication, and coordination with hospitals. In addition, many physicians are seriously considering the most extreme form of integration: hospital employment.

In this podcast, Marc Halley, president and chief executive officer of The Halley Consulting Group and a presenter at the MGMA11 Conference in Las Vegas, provides some guidance on how physicians can best prepare for further physician-hospital integration.

Marc Halley, president and chief executive officer of The Halley Consulting Group, provides a guide to successful physician/hospital integration.

The Physician’s Guide to Successful Hospital Integration

At the American Medical Association's recent policy-making meeting in San Diego, the association weighed in on the structure of accountable care organizations (ACOs) and professionalism when utilizing social media.

In the final part of a three-part podcast, AMA President Cecil B. Wilson discusses these new policies as well as a pair of new initiatives focusing on the "important" topic of health information technology led by the association.

New Policies, Initiatives by the AMA

The crucial decision of which ACO to join requires careful consideration of various factors.

Navigating the ACO landscape: A guide for providers striving for value-based care

Look for alignments with your practice’s mission, values, and strategic priorities.

How to choose an ACO partner

Physician-run accountable care organizations have a great track record of success due to one key element: the doctors that oversee them.

ACOs under Fire Despite Sound Concept

Revealing three ways that the primary healthcare stakeholders can shift their behavior to succeed in value-based healthcare.

Healthcare Stakeholders Must Adapt to Value or Perish 

A Trump presidency has spurred a surge in enrollment for health plans through the ACA, and primary-care physicians tell President-elect Trump "Do no harm."

Trump's Win Has Many Signing up for Obamacare

CMS' recent release of data for the first two years of its Pioneer Accountable Care Organization (ACO) programs

, many are wondering if the model is sustainable.

Anders M. Gilberg, senior vice president for the Medical Group Management Association's Government Affairs Office, recently discussed whether ACOs are here to stay with 

Gilberg will be a moderator for "Sharing the Medicare ACO Experience" a session at the 

 in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Oct. 28 from 10:15 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.

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Anders M. Gilberg of the MGMA provides his views on whether accountable care organizations are a sustainable healthcare model.

The Future of Accountable Care Organizations

As the trend of hospital integration starts to flourish, many practices are wondering which likeminded organizations they should partner with, and what such partnerships will look like: How will physicians communicate and coordinate care? Will there be a lot of opportunities for collaboration? What's the best way to keep provider satisfaction levels high?

But before jumping head first into a partnership, practices will ease many anxieties and improve collaboration by asking the right questions, and taking the right factors into consideration.

In this presentation, Carol Alexander, a senior principal of physician consulting services at Truven Health Analytics in Ann Arbor, Mich., shares five key considerations and several tips for practices looking into integration opportunities. You can hear more of Alexander's tips during her session, "Healthcare Partners: Integration Strategies for Improved Outcomes and Satisfaction," on October 6 at the 

Medical Group Management Association Annual Conference

Here's what a medical practice must consider as it evaluates hospital integration opportunities. 

Integration: Key Considerations for Physician Alignment

, in which groups of health systems partner up to improve care quality while reducing care costs, have sprung up across the country.

Still, confusion remains among physicians regarding what an ACO is and what participating in one entails.

In this video, physicians and leadership with Greater Baltimore Health Alliance Physicians LLC, one of the earliest participants in the Medicare Shared Savings Program, discuss how participating in an ACO is affecting physicians, staff, and patient care.

Based in Towson, Md., Greater Baltimore Health Alliance Physicians LLC includes providers from eight independent practices, Greater Baltimore Medical Associates (GBMA), and Greater Baltimore Geriatric and Palliative Medicine. 

Watch this video to learn how participating in an ACO is affecting physicians and staff at a five-physician practice in Hunt Valley, Md. 

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