Anthem Blue Cross and Torrance, Calif.-based HealthCare Partners, a physician group, have announced they saved $4.7M in the first half of 2013 by partnering to form an accountable care organization.
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Vermont has hired Optum — a health information technology and services firm that is part of UnitedHealth Group — to help solve some of the problems associated with Vermont Health Connect, the state's health exchange website, according to a Valley…
The following accountable care organizations or value-based care delivery arrangements were reported within the past month.
Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare and Florida Blue, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield plan of Florida, have established an accountable care organization agreement.
A new report released by Leavitt Partners, a healthcare intelligence firm, has identified six types of ACOs based on their organizational structure, ownership and patient care focus.
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According to a recently published EmCare whitepaper, poor patient flow in hospitals slows throughput and decreases overall capacity. Those hospitals tend to demonstrate the following four issues:
Green Bay, Wis.-based Bellin Health has announced it will join Blue Priority — Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield's ACO in Wisconsin.
A new study has found Medicare's early ACOs have put little emphasis on surgical care, even though it accounts for roughly half of hospital expenditures.
In a presentation, Chicago-based Valence Health CEO Phil Kamp explored the 31 flavors of risk facing healthcare providers.
Minneapolis-based Medica and Rochester, Minn.-basedMayo Clinic Health System have announced they are partnering to improve the quality of care and cut costs for patients in northwestern Wisconsin.