Health insurer Aetna and Baylor Scott & White Quality Alliance — a comprehensive accountable care network comprised of more than 2,500 physicians — will begin an accountable care collaboration in Texas.
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South Arkansas Hospital in El Dorado has opened its expanded emergency department, according to a report from KTVE-KARD.
Following a July ruling barring University of Chicago Medicine from moving and adding beds, the Illinois Health Facilities Review Board has reversed its decision, according to a report from DNAinfo Chicago.
Health insurer Aetna and Phoenix-based Banner Health Network announced they achieved $5 million in shared savings through their accountable care collaboration in 2013.
Health insurer Humana and the Nebraska Health Network — an accountable care organization co-owned by Omaha, Neb.-based Methodist Health System, The Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, and their affiliated physicians — are forming an accountable care partnership.
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San Diego-based Sharp Healthcare, which was selected as a Medicare Pioneer accountable care organization in 2011, has left the Pioneer program after determining its ACO was at risk for "significant shared loss" for performance year three.
TeleTracking is set to unveil its largest lineup of products and solutions ever at its 12th Annual Client Conference in October.
JerseyCare IPA — a subsidiary of Osler Health IPA, a physician owned and managed health network — has partnered with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey to improve quality of care and lower healthcare costs for Horizon BCBSNJ…
Salt Lake City-based Health Choice Utah Preferred Network and health insurer Humana have entered into an accountable care agreement aimed at providing improved quality of care to Humana Medicare Advantage members based in four counties in Utah.
Five Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan sponsored-programs focused on collaborative care have saved 75 hospitals in Michigan a combined $597 million over a five-year period and also lowered complications and mortality rates.