Backgrounder posted February 1, 2012 by John S. Hoff
How CMS’s Final Regulations for Accountable Care Organizations Fall Flat
Abstract:
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued final regulations for Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). The outcome is disappointing: There are marginal changes only; the final regulations retain the same flawed structure set out in the proposed regulations. ACOs remain at the mercy of CMS’s determination of their savings target; its…
Backgrounder posted February 29, 2000 by John S. Hoff
The Patient's Bill of Rights: A Prescription for Massive HealthRegulation
In
the name of patient protection, Congress is poised to make the
problems in America's current health care system even worse. The
so-called Patients' Bill of Rights legislation now being considered
by a House-Senate conference committee would impose massive new
federal regulation on health care delivery and stir up new and
expensive litigation.
The
conferees…
Executive Summary posted February 29, 2000 by John S. Hoff
The Patient's Bill of Rights: A Prescription for Massive HealthRegulation
Congress, in the name of patient
protection, is poised to make problems in America's health care
system worse. The so-called Patients' Bill of Rights legislation
under consideration by a House-Senate conference committee would
expand government control over the financing and delivery of health
care through massive federal regulation and would stir up new…