Many health insurers are cancelling individual insurance plans because the policies aren't "grandfathered" and don't meet PPACA requirements, according to the trade group America's Health Insurance Plans.
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Many of the established accountable care organizations have been formed by hospitals and insurance companies, with those executives having the final say in ACO-related matters.
The following hospital mergers, acquisitions and general transactions took place within the past week, beginning with the most recent.
Enacting legislation that would force federal officials to purchase health insurance through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act exchanges would add $978 million to the deficit during the next decade, according to a Congressional Budget Office report.
Of those potentially eligible for coverage under the reform law, 17 percent of Americans have visited the health insurance exchanges online, over the phone, in person or via mail, according to a survey conducted by The Commonwealth Fund.
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After CMS announced 106 new Medicare accountable care organizations in January, only 35 new commercial ACOs have been announced, according to a Health Affairs blog written by David Muhlestein from Leavitt Partners.
Mark Twain Medical Center in San Andreas, Calif., announced the addition of Elisabeth Siegler, MD, to its medical staff.
Orthopedic surgeon William Brooks, MD, has joined Forsyth Street Orthopaedics in Macon, Ga., according to a report by The Telegraph.
BlueCross & BlueShield of Rhode Island, South County Hospital and South County Orthopedics & Physical Therapy have entered into an agreement to provide patients with bundled payments for knee and hip replacement surgery, according to a Narragansett-South Kingstown Patch report.
Carroll Hospital Center in Westminster, Md., announced the addition of Jessica Wertz, DO, to Carroll Health Group Orthopaedics, part of the hospital's multispecialty practice group.