CMS has released the names of the nine Pioneer accountable care organizations that are leaving the program, according to a Kaiser Health News report.
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Orange Regional Medical Center Foundation announced the start of its Lend a Hand for Kids campaign, a fund drive for the creation of a comprehensive pediatrics program for Middletown, N.Y.-based ORMC, according to a report from the Times Herald Record.
Regence BlueCross BlueShield and McMinnville, Ore.-based Willamette Valley Medical Center's accountable care organization, Willamette Valley Health Solutions, have formed an accountable care partnership.
Nine of Medicare's Pioneer accountable care organizations told CMS they plan to leave the program: seven informed CMS they would apply to become Medicare Shared Savings Program ACOs instead, while two only told CMS they intend to leave the Pioneer…
All 32 members of Medicare's Pioneer Accountable Care Organization Model improved quality and patient satisfaction in their first performance year, but not all achieved savings, according to data released by CMS.
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LifePoint Hospitals, based in Brentwood, Tenn., has announced the creation of a National Physician Advisory Board to provide strategic guidance to the company on efforts related to enhanced clinical quality, physician engagement and innovative models of healthcare delivery.
Oklahoma's Medicaid program has had its fair share of issues, similar to many other state Medicaid programs. SoonerCare, as it is known, was facing increasing costs and had been ranked 49 out of all 50 states for clinical performance measures.…
Cigna has launched new collaborative accountable care initiatives, the payer's version of accountable care organizations, with physicians affiliated with two different organizations in Tucson: Arizona Community Physicians and Arizona Connected Care
UnitedHealthcare, the Minnetonka, Minn.-based health insurer subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, said it plans to more than double its accountable care health plan contracts with hospitals and physicians by 2017.
Accountable care organizations can generate medical and drug cost savings of at least 12 percent for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients, according to a Decision Resources report.