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• Administration

  • Special Considerations for Creating Medicaid Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs)

    As states consider amendments to enact accountable-care like delivery models for their Medicaid programs, it is important they first analyze their populations and finances. READ MORE

  • Q&A: The Feasibility of Accepting Risk

    Dogu Celebi, senior vice president of clinical affairs and analytics at OptumInsight, describes the use of feasibility assessments to analyze risk in an accountable care organization (ACO). READ MORE

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• Care Delivery

  • Health Care Transformation Starts in Our Own Backyards

    The best way to transform U.S. health care is to transform the health of individual communities one by one, learning from our successes and failures to make improvements for our neighbors. We need to avoid a "one-size-fits-all" approach. READ MORE

  • Community-Based Care Transitions

    Innovative partnerships between community-based organizations and hospitals could be the key to improving care transitions and reducing readmissions. READ MORE

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• Compliance

  • Network of Networks: The Future of HIEs

    EHRs and localized HIEs aren’t enough anymore. Nationwide interoperability is on the horizon.
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  • The Power of IT to Transform Health Delivery

    As the ACO model comes into focus, so does the requirement for a robust health information infrastructure. READ MORE

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• Health Reform

  • Health Care Transformation Starts in Our Own Backyards

    The best way to transform U.S. health care is to transform the health of individual communities one by one, learning from our successes and failures to make improvements for our neighbors. We need to avoid a "one-size-fits-all" approach. READ MORE

  • Podcast: Adding the Physician Voice to the Health Care Dialogue

    In this podcast, Susan Strate, MD, of OptumInsight's Physician Advisory Board, discusses the physician voice in health care reform. READ MORE

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• Reimbursement

  • Q&A: The Feasibility of Accepting Risk

    Dogu Celebi, senior vice president of clinical affairs and analytics at OptumInsight, describes the use of feasibility assessments to analyze risk in an accountable care organization (ACO). READ MORE

  • Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) in Light of ICD-10

    Clinical documentation improvement (CDI) initiatives that seek to improve patient data and coding become even more critical—and challenging—under ICD-10. READ MORE

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• Technology and Operations

  • Podcast: The Case for Interoperability in Health Care

    In this Optum podcast, health care experts describe the necessity of interoperability and the market pressure that will bring it about. READ MORE

  • Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) in Light of ICD-10

    Clinical documentation improvement (CDI) initiatives that seek to improve patient data and coding become even more critical—and challenging—under ICD-10. READ MORE

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