Rite Aid announced its newest partner in the Rite Aid Health Alliance: Sylvan Lake, Mich.-based Physician Direct Accountable Care Organization.
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In its first four years of implementation, the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Alternative Quality Contract, which focuses on improving quality of care, helped slow spending growth and improve quality performance, according to a Harvard Medical School study published…
Health insurer UnitedHealthcare and Commonwealth Primary Care, an accountable care organization in Phoenix, have partnered to launch an ACO to provide care coordination to UnitedHealthcare members in Maricopa and Pinal counties.
A new report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services was released last month announcing that there will be 25% more health plans participating in the federal and state based insurance marketplaces. That's 77 more health insurance options…
Brewer-based Eastern Maine Health System and an EMHS-led group of hospitals and physician practices agreed to partner with Maine health insurance giant Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield to form an accountable care organization, according to Bangor Daily News.
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At the Becker's Hospital Review CEO Strategy Roundtable in Chicago on Nov. 5, Molly Gamble, editor with Becker's Hospital Review, moderated a panel of payer and hospital executives who discussed their points of view on accountable care organization progress.
At the Becker's Hospital Review CEO Strategy Roundtable in Chicago on Nov. 5, Molly Gamble, editor with Becker's Hospital Review, moderated a panel on the most pressing accountable care organization issues and trends.
The following is a roundup of recently announced accountable care organizations or collaborative care agreements, beginning with the most recent.
Health insurer Cigna and the Connecticut State Medical Society-IPA in North Haven – the largest independent practice association in the state – have launched a collaborative care initiative to improve care coordination, health outcomes and patient experience.
Blue Shield of California has announced it will launch a new HMO product, which includes a network of healthcare providers that participate in the company's accountable care organizations program.