title: Preparing for Medicare single-provider contracting: becoming a center of excellence.
abstract: Hospitals and physicians participating in the CABG Surgery Demonstration Project will certainly have an advantage over the competition. Although HCFA has not issued specifics of the process to be applied for the expansion of the project, a review of the program goals and events leading the initial selection is instructive.
authors.affiliation: Ronning Management Group, Inc., Mammoth Lakes, CA, USA.
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Ronning
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Meyer
mesh_terms: D016507:Cardiology Service, Hospital / Q000191:economics* / Q000592:standards; D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D003284:Contract Services / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000191:economics; D017046:Cost Savings; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006278:Medicare / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D014481:United States