The following is a roundup of recently announced accountable care organizations or collaborative care agreements, beginning with the most recent.
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For the first time, CMS has published individual financial and performance results for the original 32 Pioneer accountable care organizations, which provide insight into why 12 of the ACOs exited the program.
As accountable care organizations are a new model of care, formally created by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in 2010, they are constantly evolving and changing.Much has changed even in a year's time. That is why Becker's Hospital…
Westbury, N.Y.-based Beacon Health Partners is an independent physician association that formed strategically to position itself to function in the changing healthcare environment after the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was signed.
Health plans used to chew you down on price and hassle you over hospital admissions. Enter the new age: contracting as an accountable care organization. Medicare started this innovation, and it's spreading to other payers, including Medicaid and private insurers.…
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The ICD-10 implementation delay has resulted in many providers either slowing down or suspending their efforts to prepare for the transition, a recent survey from the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange found.
VHA is offering a free online toolkit for healthcare professionals to educate expectant mothers and community stakeholders about the risks associated with early elective deliveries with the goal of reducing demand.
Aetna will introduce a new Medicare Advantage HMO plan this month through three Northern New Jersey health networks in 10 Northern New Jersey counties.
Although accountable care organizations participating in the Medicare Shared Savings program have produced mixed results, with fewer than one in five producing shared savings, Navigant Center for Healthcare Research and Policy Analysis has identified some of the commonalities of the…
Health insurer Aetna, San Ramon, Calif.-based Hill Physicians Medical Group, San Francisco-based Dignity Health Medical Foundation and Dignity Health hospitals are partnering for an accountable care initiative and introducing the Aetna Whole Health product — a collection of benefit plans designed…