The majority of Pioneer ACOs ended the model's final performance year with at least $1 million in shared savings, according to data CMS released Friday.
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OneCare Vermont, a Colchester-based ACO, will cover four times the 30,000 Medicaid patients it worked with in its first year, according to a Burlington Free Press report.
When providers implement technologies and software that advance population health strategies, they notice improved outcomes, writes health IT consultant Margaret Schulte in a Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society blog post.
A physician is collecting signatures in an effort to convince Brentwood, Tenn.-based LifePoint Health to update the emergency department at one of its hospitals, SOVAH Health-Danville (Va.), according to the Danville Register & Bee.
Sutter Santa Rosa (Calif.) Regional Hospital and Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa (Calif.) Medical Center, two of the largest hospitals in the area, have been closed since Monday due to wildfires. With the two facilities shut down, some community hospitals have…
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Rush Oak Park (Ill.) Hospital will begin a $30 million emergency room expansion after winning approval from the Oak Park village officials Oct. 2, according to the Chicago Tribune.
The University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington is planning an air ambulance expansion next year, according to Seven Days.
Norfolk, Va.-based Sentara will cease services at Sentara Kitty Hawk (N.C.) on Dec. 15.
Only 21 percent of consumers receiving coverage through their employer use their health plan's member portal regularly, according to a recent HealthMine survey.
Becker's Hospital Review reported these 10 contract resolutions and dissolutions between payers and providers since Oct. 3, beginning with the most recent.