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Care Coordination

Lakeview Clinic, which consists of physician groups in the Minnesota cities of Waconia, Norwood Young America, Watertown and Chaska, has joined Ridgeview Connect with Medica, an accountable care organization product offered through health insurer Medica, effective Jan. 1, 2014.

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Insurers and providers partnered to form the following eight accountable care organizations or value-based care delivery arrangements within the past month, beginning with those most recently covered by Becker's Hospital Review.

The accountable care organization formed between WESTMED Medical Group, a multispecialty group practice in Purchas, N.Y., and UnitedHealthcare and Optum reduced costs and showed improvement on nine out of 10 quality metrics in its first year.

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