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Federales finalize Accountable Care Organization regs, define “patient engagement” and “patient-centeredness”

David Harlow | October 21, 2011

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (aka the health reform law) added “patient engagement” and “patient-centeredness” to the United States Code’s lexicon. Yesterday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services finalized the official definition of these terms for purposes of Accountable Care Organizations that may seek to participate in the Medicare Shared Savings Program. [...]

Healthcare.gov goes live: terrific site on health coverage options

e-Patient Dave | July 2, 2010

This week the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) introduced Healthcare.gov, a consumer information website mandated by the Affordable Care Act (aka the health reform bill). A video of the introduction meeting is here. The site is fabulous; HHS Chief Technical Officer rightly says that the best praise they’ve gotten is that it doesn’t [...]