As part of the announcement, Cigna is promoting 10 new accountable care initiatives expected to provide care for an estimated 65,000 patients. Cigna currently covers more than a quarter million people in 13 states using what it calls a “collaborative accountable care” program. It operates much like an ACO and is intended to improve health quality, access, affordability and patient satisfaction.
The new Cigna accountable care partnerships include:
- Kennebec Region Health Alliance, a large physician hospital organization in Augusta and Waterville, Maine, affiliated with MaineGeneral Medical Center.
- Penobscot Community Health Care, Maine’s largest community health center, with 15 practice sites in the greater Bangor region.
- The Jackson Clinic, the first multi-specialty group practice in Tennessee, with eight locations in Jackson and offices in four other West Tennessee communities.
- WESTMED Medical Group, the largest private group medical practice in central and lower Westchester County, N.Y.
- Fairfax Family Practice Centers, a primary care family medical practice based in Northern Virginia.
- Bon Secours Medical Group, the physician practice group of Bon Secours Virginia Health System in Richmond, Va.
- Key Physicians, an independent physician organization serving Raleigh/Durham, N.C.
- Cornerstone Health Care, a large multi-specialty physician group in Winston-Salem, Greensboro, N.C. and surrounding areas.
- HeathTexas Provider Network, a large physician group in the Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex, affiliated with Baylor Health Care System.
- Colorado Springs Health Partners, a large multi-specialty physician group in Colorado Springs, Colo.
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