The following accountable care organizations or accountable care programs were announced within the past two months, beginning with the most recent.
Integration & Physician Issues
Milwaukee-based Aurora Health Care is promising regional employers savings if they offer plans to employees that utilize only Aurora hospitals, physicians and services; another Wisconsin-based collaboration of health systems, Quality Health Solutions, is planning to do the same, according to…
A new white paper issued by the National Partnership for Women & Families and Highland Park, Ill.-based Health Quality Advisors discusses crucial strategies for focusing on patient-centeredness in accountable care organizations.
Jones Memorial Hospital in Bolivar, N.Y., plans to acquire the private practice of internist Richard Cudahy, MD, according to a Buffalo Business Journal report.
The Oregon Health Authority has tentatively certified 11 groups for the state's Medicaid coordinated care program, part of an overhaul of the Oregon Health Plan, according to a Bend Bulletin report.
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The board of Miami-based Jackson Health System and leaders of University of Miami's medical school attempted to craft new operating agreements yesterday — including a revised plan for how Jackson will pay for UM physicians — but didn't make much…
Consumer Reports is beginning to publish ratings of primary care physicians in its magazine, starting with roughly 500 groups in Massachusetts.
Programs that allow patients who have acute medical problems to choose to receive care at home rather than stay in a hospital are transforming care for the chronically ill, according to a Kaiser Health News report.
The number of case managers working in a primary care setting this year compared to 2011 has grown exponentially, according to an American Medical News report.
Three physicians formerly employed by Hospital Corporation of America East Florida claim they were fired or resigned because the for-profit chain mishandled their physician employment strategies, according to a Miami Herald report.