Florida Blue, NCH Healthcare Sign ACO Agreement

Naples, Fla.-based NCH Healthcare System and Jacksonville-based Florida Blue have signed an accountable care organization agreement that shifts from fee-for-service reimbursement to value-based reimbursement.

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The collaboration aims to improve patient outcomes while avoiding the overutilization of resources. About 4,200 patients will be included in the program, which will begin in 2013, according to a report by the Naples Daily News.

The program will include NCH Healthcare Group, which has 64 physicians and 25 nurse practitioners and physician assistants.

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