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Care Coordination

Aetna and Cincinnati, Ohio-based Mercy Health have announced they are forming an accountable care organization, which will be Aetna's first commercial ACO in the Cincinnati area.

Boeing selected two Seattle-based accountable care organizations — one affiliated with Providence Health & Services and Swedish Health Services, the other with UW Medicine —for its new Preferred Partnership option for employees.

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As healthcare moves toward accountable care models where providers are the risk-bearing entities, activating and engaging patients to improve their health and adhere to their treatment plan is key to the patient-centered organization's success.

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