This Week in Managed CareHospital Acquisitions of Physician Practices and Other Health News

Published: March 24, 2018, 1:47 p.m.

Every week, The American Journal of Managed Care\xae recaps the top managed care news of the week, and you can now listen to it on our podcast, Managed Care Cast.\n\nThis week, the top managed care stories included changes to the Next Generation ACO Model caused 7 accountable care organizations to leave the model; a report highlights how quickly hospital acqusition of physician practices is occurring; CMS finalizes coverage for Next-Generation Sequencing tests.\n\nRead more about the stories in this podcast:\nSeven ACOs Exit Next Generation Model, Blaming CMS for "Unilateral" Changes: www.ajmc.com/newsroom/seven-acos-exit-next-generation-model-blaming-cms-for-unilateral-changes\nAccountable Care Delivery Congress: www.ajmc.com/acdcongress\nHospital Acquisition of Independent Physician Practices Continues to Increase: www.ajmc.com/focus-of-the-week/hospital-acquisition-of-independent-physician-practices-continues-to-increase\nFirst-of-a-Kind Companion Test for Cancer Gene Profiling Gets FDA Approval: www.ajmc.com/newsroom/firstofakind-companion-test-for-cancer-gene-profiling-gets-fda-approval\nCMS Finalizes Coverage for Next-Generation Sequencing Tests: www.ajmc.com/newsroom/cms-finalizes-coverage-for-next-generation-sequencing-tests\nIncorporating Value Into Physician Payment and Patient Cost Sharing: www.ajmc.com/journals/issue/2018/2018-vol24-n3/incorporating-value-into-physician-payment-and-patient-cost-sharing\nNational Comprehensive Cancer Network 23rd Annual Conference: www.ajmc.com/conferences/nccn-2018\nSociety of Gynecologic Oncology 2018 Annual Meeting on Women\u2019s Cancer: www.ajmc.com/conferences/sgo-2018