Care Coordination

Sixty-seven million people are estimated to have high blood pressure in the U.S., but only 47 percent of them have it under control with medication, according to the LA Times. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force is now recommending all…

CMS released a list Monday of 89 new Medicare Shared Savings Program accountable care organizations that will begin participating Jan. 1, 2015.

CMS has announced the addition of 89 new accountable care organizations to the Medicare Shared Savings Program, bringing the grand total of Medicare ACOs to 424.

Illness caused by cigarette smoking incurs heavy costs to the U.S. healthcare system. According to a recent Reuters study, 8.7 percent of all healthcare spending — or $170 billion annually — is used for treating illness caused by tobacco smoke.

The following roundup lists recently announced accountable care organizations or coordinated care agreements, beginning with the most recent.

Ann Arbor-based University of Michigan Health System announced Thursday a three-year value-based contract with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan to launch a "population health" care model for the system's BCBSM beneficiaries.

Adults enrolled in a consumer-driven health plan are more likely than those in a traditional plan to be engaged and cost conscious about their healthcare, according to findings from a 2014 Employee Benefit Research Institute study.

Medical laboratories already drive more than 70 percent of clinical decisions,i but they should be driving more decisions across the healthcare ecosystem.

UnitedHealthcare announced an accountable care organization agreement with Cranston-based Rhode Island Primary Care Physicians for approximately 15,000 beneficiaries in the state with employer-sponsored health plans.

Greenfield, Iowa-based Adair County Health System announced plans to join Des Moines, Iowa-based Mercy Accountable Care Organization, effective Jan. 1, 2015.