The following roundup lists recently announced accountable care organizations or collaborative care agreements, beginning with the most recent.
- Humana to enter into value-based agreements with Banner Network Colorado, HealthCare Partners Nevada
Louisville, Ky.-based health insurer Humana entered into a value-based agreement with Banner Network Colorado and launched an accountable care agreement with HealthCare Partners Nevada.
Tacoma, Wash.-based MultiCare Health System will team up with Louisville, Ky.-based Humana to form a new ACO in the Seattle-Tacoma area, aiming to lower costs, improve care coordination and emphasize preventive care for Medicare Advantage patients.
Louisville, Ky.-based Humana and Knoxville, Tenn.-based Summit Medical Group announced a seven-year agreement to create an ACO in East Tennessee for Humana Medicare Advantage beneficiaries, effective Jan 1.
The Bloomfield, Conn.-based health insurance giant Cigna announced a fifth collaborative care initiative in Florida with the Clermont-based Primary Partners ACO.
Shelbyville, Del.-based Atlantic General Hospital and Health System is joining Delmarva Health Network — a physician-led ACO was created by nonprofit Lewes, Del.-based Beebe Healthcare — to participate in the Medicare Shared Savings Program.
Health insurer UnitedHealthcare and Commonwealth Primary Care, an ACO in Phoenix, have partnered to launch an ACO to provide care coordination to UnitedHealthcare members in Maricopa and Pinal counties.
Brewer-based Eastern Maine Health System and EMHS' Beacon Health agreed to partner with Maine health insurance giant Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield to deliver better care to 40,000 Anthem policyholders.
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