The agreement includes 42 primary care practices and 104 primary care physicians. Horizon will provide incentive payments to Optimus physicians if they improve the health and patient satisfaction of more than 40,000 Blue Cross members. Practices participating in the ACO will operate as patient-centered medical homes.
The ACO is open to Horizon commercial and Medicare Advantage members who use practices that are part of the new arrangement.
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