Minneapolis-based Fairview Health Services and North Memorial Health Care in Robbinsdale, Minn., have partnered with health insurer Medica to create Fairview and North Memorial Vantage with Medica, Minnesota's largest accountable care organization, according to Medica.
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There are three main factors associated with formation of accountable care organizations, be they Medicare or private-payer ACOs, according to a new RAND Corporation study published in Health Affairs.
The proposed Largo, Md.-based Regional Medical Center will cost $655 million to build and equip, according to an application filed at the Maryland Health Care Commission.
Health systems should consider five key lessons in order to develop a strong ambulatory network.
The American Hospital Association is asking hospitals to submit data to its RACTrac survey, which the AHA conducts quarterly to assess how Medicare recovery audit contractors affect hospitals. AHA created the web-based survey because of the lack of data from…
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Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, Johns Hopkins. When most people think of healthcare, it's systems like these and others that usually come to mind. In the future, however, that may change: The names of primary care offices, urgent care centers and…
Melville, N.Y.-based North American Partners in Anesthesia has partnered with Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Health insurer Viva Health and Baptist Health System — both based in Birmingham, Ala. — have partnered to offer a new Medicare Advantage HMO plan, Viva Medicare Me, according to a report from The Birmingham News.
Jefferson Health System, based in Radnor, Pa., has announced a multiyear shared savings agreement with Keystone First, a Blue Cross Medical Assistance product.
Yale-New Haven (Conn.) Hospital's Safe Patient Flow Steering Committee was able to implement several process changes at the hospital for the 2009 fiscal year that improved patient flow, resolved adult emergency department overcrowding, post-anesthesia care unit delays and operating room…