Cleveland partner Steven Eisenberg and associates Emily Williams and Susan Whittaker Hughes co-authored an article, "Together We May Prosper: The Demand for Healthcare Reform and Two Innovative Models for Physician-Hospital Alignment," which was published in the February 2010 edition of Physician Organizations, a publication of the American Health Lawyers Association Physician Organizations Practice Group.
According to the article, "As the demand for healthcare reform tops the front page and monopolizes legislative sessions, physicians are clearly no exception. With inflation outrunning increases in Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement and expenses skyrocketing, physicians must find cost-cutting measures. Healthcare reform itself may drive physician-hospital alignment opportunities. No longer limited to physician employment, today's alignment models, such as gainsharing arrangements and Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), are designed to promote both economic efficiency and clinical quality."
The article goes on to outline the reimbursement trends driving the need to align, discusses the role of clinical integration in alignment strategies, and explores two innovative models for physician-hospital alignment: Gainsharing and ACOs.
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