Care Coordination

DeKalb Physician Hospital Organization (Decatur, Ga.). DeKalb Physician Hospital Organization incorporated in 1994 and has ACO contracts with several payers. In 2016, DeKalb PHO teamed up with UnitedHealthcare to create an accountable care program for more than 250,000 people with…

Deaconess Care Integration (Evansville, Ind.). Evansville-based Deaconess Health System established Deaconess Care Integration in 2012. The ACO joined the Medicare Shared Savings Program in 2012 and transitioned to the Next Generation ACO Model in January 2016.       RETURN…

DaVita Medical ACO California. In 2012, DaVita acquired HealthCare Partners in a $4.42 billion deal and the combined organization launched DaVita Medical ACO. CMS selected HealthCare Partners, now a division of DaVita, to participate in the Next Generation ACO Model…

Dartmouth-Hitchcock (Lebanon, N.H.). Dartmouth-Hitchcock joined the Medicare Shared Savings Program in 2012 and transitioned to the Next Generation ACO Model in 2016. In its first year of the MSSP, the ACO covered around 17,000 patients and received $1 million in…

Four San Francisco supervisors demanded Sutter Health keep open its sub-acute unit at San Francisco-based California Pacific Medical Center St. Luke's Campus, according to SFGate.

Cornerstone Health Enablement Strategic Solutions (High Point, N.C.). Cornerstone Health Enablement Strategic Solutions is a physician-led company jointly owned by Winston-Salem-based North Carolina Baptist Hospital; High Point, N.C.-based Cornerstone Health Care; and Burlington, N.C.-based Laboratory Corporation of America. The organizations…

Ventura, Calif.-based AmericasHealth Plan has entered into a risk-based contract with Indianapolis-based Anthem Blue Cross with the goal of improving care coordination and health outcomes for those covered under Anthem's Medicare Advantage plans in San Fernando Valley and Ventura County…

Collaborative Health ACO (Natick, Mass.). Collaborative Health ACO is a joint venture between Worcester, Mass.-based Saint Vincent Hospital and MetroWest Accountable Care Organization, which is comprised of Boston area primary care physicians and specialists. Collaborative Health ACO launched in 2013…

Renaissance Physicians Organization has entered into a risk-based contract with Virginia Beach, Va.-based Amerigroup that covers individuals with an Amerigroup Medicare Advantage plan in the Huston area.

West Florida ACO (Trinity, Fla.). West Florida ACO joined the Medicare Shared Savings Program in 2012 and generated $9.8 million in shared savings for performance year 2015. The ACO distributed 70 percent of the savings to participating providers. The Track…