St. Paul (Minn.) Heart Clinic will dissolve on Jan. 1, and its 31 physicians will join either Minneapolis-based Allina Hospitals & Clinics or St. Paul-based HealthEast Care System, according to a Star Tribune report.
Integration & Physician Issues
Here are eight hospitals, health systems and insurers that have recently formed ACOs.
Louisville, Ky.-based Norton Healthcare and insurer Humana have joined forces to create the first accountable care organization in the Louisville area, according to a Courier-Journal report.
Some hospitals and health systems are striving to reduce costs and prepare for accountable care organizations by banding together in shared service arrangements.
Premier healthcare alliance, which serves more than 2,400 hospitals, has offered feedback on the National Committee for Quality Assurance's 2011 draft of accountable care organization criteria, saying accreditation should focus on outcomes rather than structure, according to a Premier news…
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Four primary care medical associations — American Academy of Family Physicians, American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Physicians and American Osteopathic Association — released their joint principles for accountable care organizations, according to an AAFP news release.
St. Joseph Mercy Health System in Ann Arbor, Mich., will acquire Michigan Heart PC, a 34-physician cardiovascular group also in Ann Arbor, according to a Crain’s Detroit Business report.
In a Nov. 17 letter to CMS, the AHA outlined several principles and themes that should guide implementation of accountable care organizations. Here are 15 suggestions the AHA brought up in its letter.