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.
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SwedishAmerican Medical Center/Belvidere (Ill.) is planning an emergency department expansion, according to a Rockford Register Star report.
Health insurer Cigna and the Dallas-based HealthTexas Provider Network have expanded their accountable care initiative to 114 more physicians at 35 additional clinics.
One way the government can accelerate providers' transition to accountable care organizations is by cutting payments to hospitals that do not have ACO arrangements, according to a Wall Street Journal blog post and op-ed written by Elliott Fisher, MD, a…
Parkview Health, based in Fort Wayne, Ind., has formed a partnership between Parkview Physicians Group, Parkview Athletic Rehabilitation, AWP Sports Training and SportONE Orthopedics, according to a wane.com report.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Aligning Forces for Quality initiative announced a program in Cincinnati aims to reduce emergency department visits by 10 percent by April 2015.