Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Healthcare has acquired the Park City (Utah) Clinic, and the two plan to form an accountable care organization, according to a Park Record report.
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Davenport, Iowa-based Genesis Health System, which serves the Quad Cities region of Iowa and Illinois, is teaming up with Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield to from an accountable care organization, according to a Des Moines Register report.
The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association highlighted its patient-centered medical home collaborations with providers across the nation at a Capitol Hill briefing on Monday.
The Kelsey-Seybold Clinic in Houston has been providing accountable care since 1949, employing physicians who collaborate to make evidence-based treatment decisions, according to a Houston Chronicle report.
In the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement initiative, an important decision involves selecting the length of the episode. According to the CMS application guidelines, organizations choosing a minimum 30 day episode must propose a discount equal to at least 3…
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Gastroenterologist Richard Larry Williams, MD, has joined the East Wood Clinic in Paris, Tenn., according to a news release from Henry County Medical Center in Paris, which welcomed the physician to the area.
Wheeling (W. Va.) Hospital will acquire a primary care practice that operates as a walk-in clinic in Wheeling, according to an Intelligencer report.
In an effort to provide a booster shot to the growing primary care shortage nationwide, Rep. John Sarbanes (D-Md.) has introduced legislation to facilitate physician reentry into clinical practices.
Walnut Creek, Calif.-based John Muir Health and Blue Shield of California have formed an accountable care organization to cover 16,000 Blue Shield HMO enrollees, according to a San Francisco Business Times report.
In a presentation titled "Turning Today's PHO into Tomorrow's ACO," at Becker's Hospital Review Annual Meeting in Chicago, Elizabeth Simpkin, vice president of consulting services, and Carole Black, MD, chief medical officer of Valence Health discussed physician-owned hospitals, accountable care…