The accountable care organization model has spread through hospitals, health systems and physician groups around the country, but implementing the model successfully is still no easy feat.
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Houston-based Harris Health System has completed construction of the $60 million Harris Health Outpatient Center in Houston, according to a report by The Pasadena Citizen.
St. Tammany Parish Hospital in Covington, La., has broken ground on a $21 million expansion project, according to a report by The Times-Picayune.
Pacifica Hospital of the Valley, a 231-bed hospital in Sun Valley, Calif., has signed a hospital accountable care organization participation agreement with ApolloMed ACO, the Medicare ACO of Glendale, Calif.-based Apollo Medical Holdings.
Baroma, a healthcare management company, has announced a strategic relationship with Walgreens to bring pharmacists and hospital staff together as part of Baroma's Miami-based Medicare accountable care organization, Baroma Health Partners.
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AMVI Medical Group, a network of more than 50 primary care physicians and 120 specialists based in Orange County, Calif., has contracted to participate in ApolloMed ACO, the Medicare accountable care organization of Glendale, Calif.-based Apollo Medical Holdings.
Jefferson Health System, based in Philadelphia, and Independence Blue Cross have reached a new two-year contract centered on accountable care payments.
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Health insurer Cigna and the Boice-Willis Clinic, a multispecialty physician-owned practice in Rocky Mount, N.C., have launched a collaborative accountable care initiative, Cigna's version of an accountable care organization.
Jordan Hospital in Plymouth, Mass., will change to Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Plymouth when its new Boston-based affiliate formally takes over, according to a Boston Globe report.