The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: the Supreme Court decision *

USA - July 19 2012
On June 28, 2012, the Supreme Court of the United States resolved more than two years of litigation over one of the most hotly contested acts of Congress, definitively upholding virtually all of President Obama's signature domestic policy achievement, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA).

Co-authors: Joel L. Michaels, Eric Zimmerman, Susan M. Nash, Paul W. Radensky.

MedPAC makes recommendations to CMS on ACOs *

USA - December 7 2010
In a letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services regarding accountable care organizations (ACOs), the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission supported a two-sided financial risk model to give more ACOs more incentive to control spending.

Co-authors: Webb Millsaps, J. Peter Rich, Ashley McKinney Fischer, Gary Scott Davis.

CMS expects to issue ACO rules by mid-January 2011 *

USA - December 6 2010
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services officials announced they expect to issue proposed regulations for accountable care organizations (ACO) by mid-January 2011, and also revealed Medicare beneficiaries will be informed when they are assigned to an ACO.

Co-authors: Webb Millsaps, J. Peter Rich, Ashley McKinney Fischer, Gary Scott Davis.