Aetna has announced accountable care agreements with five different healthcare organizations in Maine.
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Mount Carmel Health Partners, a physician hospital organization jointly owned by Columbus, Ohio-based Mount Carmel Health System and 1,500 physicians, and UnitedHealthcare have formed an accountable care organization, effective Oct. 1.
The promise of the accountable care organization business model is attractive and fairly simple: Coordination among healthcare providers will deliver better health outcomes and reduce costs. Proper coordination and patient monitoring should prevent duplication and errors, make chronic disease management…
Brown & Toland Physicians, a participant in Medicare's Pioneer Accountable Care Organization program, saved the federal government $10.6 million in its first performance year, according to a San Francisco Business Times report.
Initial results for Medicare's Pioneer Accountable Care Organization Model released two weeks ago indicated that Newton, Mass.-based Atrius Health's Pioneer ACO took a financial loss in its first performance period and would owe shared losses — however, the figures have…
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Nashville, Tenn.-based Healthcare Corporation of America's Memorial Hospital in Chattanooga, Tenn., has announced it will open a new full-service free-standing emergency room, according to a report from the Daily Record.
Adventist Health-Portland (Ore.), Tuality Healthcare in Hillsboro, Ore., and Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon have announced they are forming an accountable care network.
Blue Shield of California, Providence Health & Services, Southern California and its affiliates, Mission Hills, Calif.-based Facey Medical Foundation and Facey Medical Group, announced the formation of a three-year accountable care organization.
Initiatives that target Medicaid "super-utilizers" — patients with complex, unaddressed health issues who frequently visit healthcare providers — have shown early promise in reducing costs as well as improving care and wellness, according to CMS.
SwedishAmerican Medical Center/Belvidere (Ill.) is planning an emergency department expansion, according to a Rockford Register Star report.