Latest Accountable Care Organization Stories
DENVER, Dec. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Primary Physician Partners (PPP), the largest primary care independent practice association in the Denver metro area, along with their medical management company, Physician Health Partners (PHP), has connected their first of many practices to the CORHIO health information exchange (HIE). PHP is one of 32 Pioneer Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) chosen to provide high-quality, coordinated care to more than 24,000 Medicare beneficiaries in the...
SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A comprehensive and cutting-edge report co-authored by Leavitt Partners and KLAS Research shares detailed information about the structure, maturity, partnerships, practice and payment arrangements of Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) throughout the country. The report, which represents the culmination of months of survey research and analysis, is based on a largest-of-its-kind and growing database of more than 324 ACOs and in-depth...
GLENDALE, Calif., Nov. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Unlimited Innovations, a leading provider of IT solutions and professional services for the healthcare industry, has been selected by Glendale, California-based Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc. ("ApolloMed") (OTC-QB: AMEH), to provision and launch its CERECONS Health IT Solution for ApolloMed ACO. CERECONS' robust, feature-rich software solutions will support ApolloMed ACO, one of only eight ACOs in California selected by the Centers for...
Consumers, providers, health systems and health plans asked to submit comments through Dec. 28, 2012 WASHINGTON, Nov. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- URAC, a leading health care accreditation, education, and measurement organization, today opened a call for public comment to share input and recommendations on proposed initial standards for clinically integrated networks. As elements of the Affordable Care Act are implemented, physician practice organizations and other providers...
ATLANTA, Nov. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Craneware, Inc., the market leader in automated revenue integrity solutions, today announced that Steward Health Care System LLC (Steward), New England's largest community-based accountable care organization (ACO) serving more than one million patients annually, has expanded its use of Craneware's Chargemaster Corporate Toolkit(®) and InSight Audit(®) across four additional hospitals in an effort to achieve enterprise-wide revenue integrity...
Georgia Health Collaborative, LLC to increase quality, reduce costs MARIETTA, Ga., Nov. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Piedmont Healthcare and WellStar Health System, two leaders in the metro-Atlanta healthcare market, announced a partnership to create the Georgia Health Collaborative, a first of its kind in the state. The new Collaborative will establish services and initiatives focusing on the development of innovative healthcare delivery models, economically aligned...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- GNS Healthcare, Inc., the leading healthcare data analytics company focused on enabling personalized medicine to improve human health, today announced that Colin Hill, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, is scheduled to present at the Lazard Capital Markets 9th Annual Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 1:30 p.m. (ET) at The Pierre Hotel in New York, New York. (Logo:...
HARRISBURG, Pa., Nov. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Geneia announced today that it will participate in the 71(st) Annual New Hampshire Local Government Center Conference. On November 14(th) at 1:30 pm, Geneia's Chief Operating Officer Heather Staples Lavoie will present on the success of patient-centered medical homes in improving access, quality and costs. "Given the election results, we are moving forward with national health care reform, and accountable care is at the heart of...
EMERYVILLE, Calif., Oct. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In a detailed 45-minute webinar attended by executives from hospitals and health systems, physician practices, payers, and other healthcare professionals from around the nation, Ken Perez, MedeAnalytics' director of healthcare policy and senior vice president of marketing, separated fact from speculation in the national debate on Medicare reform. The webinar, titled "Straight Talk About Medicare Reform," is the latest example of...
TACOMA, Wash., Oct. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sound Physicians Chairman Edward G. Murphy, M.D. will share key opportunities and challenges for providers and hospitals considering forming an ACO and the role of hospitalists in that delivery model at the 3rd National Accountable Care Organization Congress on Oct. 31. "For an ACO to be financially-viable, a strong framework and system for performance management must be in place on day one," said Dr. Edward G. Murphy. "Otherwise early...
