Within the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 is a provision setting up a program for the implementation of accountable care organizations (ACOs). This article explains the proposed…
Patient registries have evolved to support goals within medical specialties that have traditionally fallen outside their core missions. Quality measurement and reporting can support payor advocacy, meet federal and state…
The medical device and pharmaceutical industry is facing mounting pressure to produce cost-effectiveness and clinical-effectiveness data in order for their products to be acceptable for approval by the Federal Drug…
Health care reform has created special challenges and hurdles to the introduction of new technology and innovative medical devices in gastroenterology and other medical fields. The implication of new regulations…
The budgetary impact of the cost of health care on the United States economy is far-reaching. An understanding of the provisions in the Affordable Care Act is essential to preparing…
US medicine is fragmented and economically unsustainable and has vast opportunities for quality improvement. A current solution is to create large accountable care organizations. Fragmentation should be reduced and clinical…
Historically, gastroenterologists entered into solo, small group, or academic practices. The current economic environment and looming regulatory mandates have led to gastroenterologists integrating into large, single-specialty groups to acquire costly…
The end of training marks the beginning of learning. Moving into practice is exciting, and there are good opportunities. Although there is still a great deal of uncertainty with the…
This is an age of disruptive innovation in health care in which the business model is changing. Fee-for-service, volume-based systems are being replaced by fixed-fee, value-based systems. One of the…
Gastroenterology (GI) is constantly changing in response to technological, demographic, economic, and political influences. Current health care reform efforts will accelerate this change. The increase in demand for GI services and…
