Along with CMS naming 106 new members to its Medicare Shared Savings Program this month, several commercial payors have also recently added organizations to their accountable care programs.Here is a list of 18 ACOs that have been announced in the…
Integration & Physician Issues
The challenge of physician recruitment is intensifying, as hospitals and health systems compete for a dwindling number of physicians. The number of primary care physicians in the market is slowly shrinking as fewer medical students enter the pipeline. In fact,…
Aetna and Optimus HealthCare, an accountable care organization in New Jersey founded by Summit-based Vista Health System IPA and Central Jersey Physician Network, have announced an accountable care agreement.
The New York State Department of Health has awarded South Nassau Communities Hospital in Oceanside, N.Y., a grant of $303,187 to help train and place physicians in underserved areas of the state.
Legislation to reauthorize the Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education program was reintroduced in the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Health Subcommittee.
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Already in 2013, Cigna has added 10 members to its collaborative accountable care program, bringing the total number of members to 52.
A recent MedAxiom report shows more than half of the country's cardiology groups have already embraced integration or are in the process of integrating with hospitals.
Southcoast Hospitals Group in New Bedford, Mass., announced that Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston will be the new provider of medical services in the emergency department at the group's St. Luke's Hospital in…
The University of Pennsylvania Health System in Philadelphia is the latest participant in Independence Blue Cross' pay for performance and accountable care payment model.
Cornerstone Health Care, a physician-owned group with more than 360 care providers in High Point, N.C., is collaborating with UnitedHealthcare and Optum, a division of UnitedHealthcare, to form an accountable care organization.