Care Coordination

The following are four articles on healthcare capacity and patient monitoring company, TeleTracking.

Raleigh, N.C.-based WakeMed Key Community Care, an accountable care organization, and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina have signed an accountable care agreement.

Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health Partners — an accountable care organization created through collaboration between UnityPoint Health in Des Moines and approximately 2,500 independent and employed physicians — and UnitedHealthcare are partnering with an aim of improving the quality of…

Chicago-based Presence Health Partners, which includes more than 1,400 physicians, has struck an accountable care agreement with Cigna.

      The Outpatient Payment Rate Debate: What Lower Reimbursement Would Mean for HospitalsAlvin Hoover, CEO of King’s Daughters Medical Center in Brookhaven, Miss., says his hospital faces a number of fiscal challenges as a rural provider. Click to…

Accountable care organizations have become increasingly popular with the switch from fee for service to pay for performance, and the number of commercial and government ACOs continues to grow.

The following is a roundup of recently announced accountable care organizations or collaborative care agreements.

Toledo, Ohio-based Mercy Health System has plans to build a freestanding emergency room in Sylvania Township, Ohio, which will cost approximately $14.3 million, according to a report by The Blade.

  Grand Strand Medical Center in Myrtle Beach, S.C., is planning a $15 million expansion, according to a WMBF News report.

Blue Shield of California, the Individual Practice Association Medical Group of Santa Clara County and Hospital Corporation of America's Far West Division are launching a three-year accountable care agreement aimed at providing better care to approximately 13,000 Blue Shield HMO members…