Featured ACO Articles
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Case Study: Multi-Specialty Practice Cuts Costs With EHR
8/2/2010
This case study highlights how Florida Medical Clinic utilized an integrated EHR and practice management solution to reduce annual transcription costs by nearly $1 million and decrease accounts receivable to 27 days. By Sage Software
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PrimeSUITE Implementation Boosts Important Metrics At Birmingham Heart Clinic
8/22/2012
This case study from Greenway covers the Birmingham Heart Clinic, a nine provider cardiology practice established in 1994, and how it was able to boost charge capture, pre-provider income, and patient visits during the inaugural deployment year of PrimeSUITE®.
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ACO’s: What The Henry Ford Physician Network Can Teach
10/10/2011
Accountable care organizations (ACOs) are one of the most promising responses to healthcare reform. One of the best examples to date is the Henry Ford Physician Network in Michigan. Here’s how much the new group has achieved already—and a sense of how far it has to go.
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White Paper: Becoming A Medical Home
12/16/2010
Transforming your practice into a medical home won’t require a down payment on new space – nor a remodel of the reception area. By Sage
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Accountable Care Trends, Strategies, And Best Practices
11/30/2012
Movement within the nation’s healthcare system has been swift and broad-‐based since the October 2011 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Shared Savings Final Rule.
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Keep Ahead Of The 5010 And ICD-10 Curve
5/1/2012
This paper examines the impact of the 5010 and ICD-10 initiatives from a strategic standpoint. The objective is to ensure compliance with federal regulations, while considering synergies around MU, business intelligence (BI) and business performance management (BPM) and resource maximization.
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Provider’s Perceptions On Mobility In Healthcare
8/24/2011
Porter Research and Billian’s HealthDATA have collaborated to bring you this primary market research program aimed at understanding healthcare providers’ perceptions regarding mobility in healthcare.
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Cost Fears Not Slowing Wireless Growth In Healthcare
10/9/2012
As healthcare organizations develop strategies to comply with federal mandates and succeed in the new environment, wireless is one of the emerging technologies that can enable organizations to meet their clinical and business objectives, especially in this era of having to do more with a finite set of resources.
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EHR Solution Addresses Quality And Operational Issues At Women’s Healthcare Of Illinois
10/15/2012
This case study from Greenway takes a look at Women’s Healthcare of Illinois, a two-location provider in the Chicago area, providing an array of advanced female medical services. Women’s Healthcare is currently experiencing a number of quality and operational issues that it wanted to address, all of which involved a move from paper charts to electronic health records (EHRs).
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IT Infrastructure: A Foundation For Accountable Care Organizations
8/11/2011
The advent of healthcare reform will require a health information technology infrastructure that integrates all the “moving parts” of an ACO, including hospitals, physicians, labs, outpatient centers, claims and analytics.