QUICK READS: Healthcare Law In the News

Here are a few good arti­cles related to health­care law nation­ally and locally.  

QUALITY OF CARE ISSUES: 

• From Bloomberg Busi­ness­week:  Hos­pi­tal Errors Occur 10 Times More Than Reported, Study Finds — Busi­ness­week.
• From the New Eng­land Jour­nal of Med­i­cine:  Rela­tion­ship between Qual­ity of Care and Neg­li­gence Lit­i­ga­tion in Nurs­ing Homes | Health Pol­icy and Reform.
• Defen­sive Med­i­cine:  Health­care Spend­ing: Study Shows High Imag­ing Costs for Defen­sive Pur­poses.

HEALTH CARE LEGISLATION

• One of the hot top­ics in the Afford­able Care Act is the for­ma­tion of Account­able Care Orga­ni­za­tions (ACOs).  Kaiser Health News has a good arti­cle explain­ing the topic:  FAQ On ACOs: Account­able Care Orga­ni­za­tions, Explained — Kaiser Health News.
• Colorado’s attempt to set up a state health insur­ance exchange looks to be fail­ing:  Bipar­ti­san health agree­ment unrav­els in CO — Busi­ness­Week.
• This is an older arti­cle, but it gives a good sum­mary of the court cases chal­leng­ing Oba­macare:   Score­board: Track­ing Health Law Court Chal­lenges — Kaiser Health News.

For more infor­ma­tion, con­tact Steve Kabler via e-mail at skabler@joneskeller.com, by phone at 303–573‑1600, or visit the Jones & Keller web­site.