Pioneer ACOs' Disappointing First Year

Pioneer ACOs' Disappointing First Year
While Shared Savings might function as a “Betty Ford Center” type payment option for high-cost hospitals or markets, episode-based payment for expensive acute services and “relationship-based” primary care payment models like the Patient Centered … Read more on Health Affairs (blog)

Deaths & Funerals
Elizabeth “Betty” Couch, 54, of Conyers died Aug. 16. Funeral, 11 a.m. Friday, Scot Ward Funeral Services. Marian Virginia … Funeral, 10 a.m. Thursday, UGA Catholic Center. Bridges Funeral Home. Russell David Roper, 67, of Clarkesville died Sunday. Read more on Atlanta Journal Constitution

Betty Ford Center: Addiction the Disease – Part 9 – Dr. Harry Haroutunian, Betty Ford Center Physician Director, defines the disease of addiction in this informative video.