Strategy

A study of a large Pioneer ACO found substantial physician and patient turnover over a three-year contract period.

ACOs will fail because the rewards are not immediate, substantial or transparent enough to incent behavioral change among physicians, and ultimately will not solve healthcare's biggest problem, according to Paul Levy, former CEO of Boston-based Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

Cheyenne (Wyo.) Regional Medical Center's board of trustees voted Jan. 27 to allow the hospital to search for a partner to execute a management services agreement with, according to the Wyoming Business Report.

Former Aetna CEO Ronald Williams said the ACA's risk pool equation is "flawed," and the next wave of healthcare reform needs to strike a balance between premiums collected from young individuals and the healthcare costs of older patients, CNBC reports.

While lawmakers wage efforts to repeal and replace the ACA, health insurers are questioning what a replacement will look like — leaving many with limited strategies, such as sustaining their ACA exchange operations or completely exiting the market, Bloomberg reports.

June Komar. Corporate Executive Vice President, Strategy and Administration of Scripps Health (San Diego). Ms. Komar was named corporate executive vice president of strategy and administration in 2010. She has previous experience as the health system’s vice president, a role…

Ann Huston. Chief Strategy Officer for Cleveland Clinic. Ms. Huston stepped into the new role of chief strategy officer at Cleveland Clinic in April 2012. She possesses more than 25 years of industry experience, including a wide range of senior…

Cindy Bo. Chief Strategy and Business Development Officer of Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children (Wilmington, Del.). Ms. Bo has more than 20 years of experience in strategic roles across the provider, payer and life sciences sectors. In her current…

Boston-based Partners HealthCare is taking further steps to expand internationally with a new agreement to help build hospitals in Malta and Ivory Coast, according to a report from The Boston Globe.

In collaboration with Bank of America Merrill Lynch In an exclusive roundtable, five hospital and health system CFOs and two healthcare finance experts discuss the consolidation pressures CFOs are experiencing, the types of affiliations they are entertaining or pursuing, and the traits they want most in…