North Shore LIJ, Empire BlueCross BlueShield to launch ACO

Great Neck, N.Y.-based North Shore-LIJ Health System and Empire BlueCross BlueShield announced Wednesday an agreement to launch an accountable care organization for 33,000 commercial and Medicare Advantage members in New York.

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The North Shore-LIJ Premium network of 5,500 physicians and other healthcare professionals will coordinate care for eligible Empire members.

“This new collaboration between North Shore-LIJ and Empire will further accelerate our efforts to manage population health and increase our value-based contracting,” Howard Gold, executive vice president of managed care and business development at North Shore-LIJ, said in a statement. “This framework allows us to focus on objective patient outcomes, better coordinate care and align quality with payment incentives.”

 

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