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		<title>Federico Health Group Launches to Support Growth and Success  of Healthcare Organizations Nationwide</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 17:02:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Consulting Firm Provides Medical Groups, Health Systems, Hospitals and Health Plans Tools and Expertise Needed to Succeed in an Era of Reform and Significant Change (LOS ANGELES – April 25, 2013) — One of the nation’s leading physician executives announced today the launch of a new consulting firm designed to provide healthcare organizations the competitive edge they need to succeed in today’s challenging healthcare environment. Federico Health Group (FHG), founded by Frank Federico, M.D., has been expressly created to help medical groups, health systems, hospitals and health plans successfully tackle the myriad of challenges and opportunities being driven, in great part, through the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (healthcare reform). These include significant changes in reimbursement for providers, new focus on quality performance, the realities of limited resources to care for an increasingly older citizenry, and the emergence of new models of care including accountable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Capitation Returns, All Bundled Up&#8221; By Francesco Federico M.D.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 10:16:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this Payers &#38; Providers article, &#8220;Capitation Returns, All Bundled Up&#8221;, Francesco Federico, M.D. discusses the return of capitation and how as a new payment system it hints at old ones. &#8220;Love it or leave it, capitation is creeping back into healthcare in a kinder, gentler way. We first saw capitation as a proposed solution to the nation’s healthcare problems during the managed care era of 1985-2005. The concept however was poorly accepted and performance was suboptimal. Today, accountable care promoted by the Accountable Care Act again promises much – provider choice, a better patient experience, transparency, accountability, enhanced quality, cost containment, value promotion, and sophisticated analytic tools to make evidenced-based decisions. In an attempt to avoid the negativism of capitation, the architects have introduced the term “bundling.” But healthcare veterans know the truth and see a remarkable similarity between “bundling” and capitation &#8211; both are restrictive payment options found on the fee-for-service end of the payment spectrum. During the last era, a variety of internal organizational and external [...]]]></description>
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