CMS has announced a special health insurance exchange sign-up period for Pre-Existing Conditions Insurance Plan enrollees.
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More than 400,000 people have enrolled in health insurance exchange plans sold by health insurance CO-OPs, according to a news release from the National Alliance of State Health CO-OPs.
The NYU Langone Medical Center has opened the doors to its new Ronald O. Perelman Center for Emergency Services.
Call it what you may — ACO, ACE or CCO — Medicaid accountable care and care coordination initiatives are on the rise. State-supported care coordination activities, patient-centered medical homes, value-based payment arrangements and quality improvement initiatives are expected to increase…
Dr. Nick Shamie of UCLA Spine Surgery will explain the challenges and opportunities for a spine surgeon in joining an ACO at Becker’s 12th Annual Spine, Orthopedic and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference + The Business of Spine. Early registration will…
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MissionPoint Health Partners Location: Nashville, Tenn. Type of company: Clinically integrated network and accountable care organization Meet the organization: MissionPoint is the ACO launched by nonprofit, Nashville-based Saint Thomas Health in January 2012. Since its founding, the network has grown…
New research estimates 522 total accountable care organizations are serving 15 to 17 percent of the U.S. population.
Aetna and San Mateo, Calif.-based Santa Clara County Individual Practice Association, a physician network, have announced they are partnering to form an accountable care association.
The following 10 feature stories cover various aspects of population health, from contracting to patient engagement, process changes to representation in the health system or hospital C-suite.
A study recently published in JAMA Internal Care found the majority of beneficiaries assigned to an accountable care organization went outside of their assigned ACO for specialty care.