A new post on Harvard Business Review's blog by a team from Boston-based Brigham and Women's Hospital sheds light on how the hospital "pulled the Andon Cord" — altered all administrative levels to the necessity for change — and brought…
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Physician Partners IPA, a multispecialty network of 50 physicians based in Garden Grove, Calif., has signed a participation agreement to join ApolloMed ACO, the Medicare accountable care organization of Glendale, Calif.-based Apollo Medical Holdings.
For hospitals and health systems, attracting patients to receive care in their network and keeping them in-network has always been important. However, the concept of keeping patients in-network has become even more important for organizations that take on risk for…
Hospitals participating in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Aligning Forces for Quality initiative have had success reducing inappropriate emergency department use, according to an RWJF issue brief.
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia has broken ground on a 25,000-square-foot specialty center on the campus of University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro (N.J), according to a report from the Princeton Packet.
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Houston-based Memorial Hermann Healthcare System announced a $93 million expansion and renovation of Memorial Hermann Sugar Land (Texas) Hospital, according to a Houston Chronicle report.
With the addition of the UCLA Medical Group in Los Angeles and the Humboldt-Del Norte Independent Practice Association based in Eureka, Calif., Anthem Blue Cross has expanded its accountable care network to 11 members, effective Oct. 1.
Two accountable care organizations — Essentia Health in Duluth, Minn., and HealthPartners in Bloomington, Minn. — have become the first to receive level 3 ACO Accreditation from the National Committee for Quality Assurance, the highest ACO designation from NCQA.
Tacoma, Wash.-based Franciscan Health System and Regional Hospital in Tukwila, Wash., have announced plans to affiliate.
Snoqualmie (Wash.) Valley Hospital has broken ground on a 70,000-square-foot replacement hospital, according to a SnoValley Star report.