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Payer-provider data transparency key to ACO success

In order for accountable care organizations (ACO) to successfully reduce costs and increase collaboration, insurers and providers must both develop more transparent policies and procedures for

Guest commentary: WellPoint's primary care-centered approach

Lisa Latts How many of us would choose to feed our family at a multitude of different drive-throughs to meet our individual needs if we had the option of all the care and customization a

CareFirst finds success by tailoring local payment reform

As many insurers make headlines for taking large, overarching steps to revamp the fee-for-service payment system, one health insurer hopes to drive change through the local community by creating the

Health reform: Six steps to prep now

While all physicians aren't necessarily celebrating the anniversary of the Affordable Care Act this month, there's less ambivalence over the idea that practices have an enormous task ahead of them in

White House to physicians: Time to embrace change

Physicians should not let their frustration over the still-unchanged sustainable growth rate formula distract them from the improvements that healthcare reform delivers to their patients and the