A care coordination program in Oregon reduced emergency department visits 70 percent in eight months, according to The Lund Report.
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Health insurer Highmark in Pittsburgh has formed an accountable care alliance within its newly formed Allegheny Health Network.
Recently many journal articles and presentations have discussed how important it is under the Affordable Care Act to "get together" with physicians. However, those doing the espousing are often those whose actual physician integration experience has been in theory only.…
CMS recently released the results of its Pioneer Accountable Care Organization Model's first performance year — all of the 32 original members were able to improve quality and together achieve $33 million in net savings for Medicare Trust Funds. But…
After releasing the first-year results from its Medicare Pioneer Accountable Care Organization Model, CMS confirmed Tuesday that nine Pioneer ACOs would exit the program, with seven planning to join the Medicare Shared Savings Program and two exiting the Medicare ACO…
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Hunterdon Healthcare Partners, a physician-hospital organization affiliated with Hunterdon Healthcare in Flemington, N.J., has formed two commercial accountable care organizations with Cigna and Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey.
CMS has released the names of the nine Pioneer accountable care organizations that are leaving the program, according to a Kaiser Health News report.
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…