Care Coordination

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.

Although this year has been marked by several "calls heard round the world" — or at least the country — for improved transparency in healthcare, it's worth noting that transparency has improved in the industry over the last 10 years.…

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.

Manhassett, N.Y.-based North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System is planning to expand the emergency departments at Huntington (N.Y.) Hospital and Southside Hospital in Bay Shore, N.Y., according to a Long Island Business News report.

CaroMont Regional Medical Center in Gastonia, N.C., announced it has broken ground on a $24 million freestanding emergency department in Mount Holly, N.C.

Southwest Healthcare Services in Bowman, N.D., is planning to construct a new $25 million facility in Bowman, according to a KQCD-TV 7 report.

Disrupting the status quo can be an unpredictable, even threatening endeavor for leaders in any business. Nowhere is it more true and prevalent than in healthcare today, and in the medical device sector in particular.  

Cheyenne (Wyo.) Regional Medical Center has unveiled its $25 million emergency department, according to a Wyoming Tribune Eagle report.