Carrollton, Texas-based Premier Patient Health Care accountable care organization signed an agreement December 15 with Dallas County-based Choice Cancer Care to establish it as the ACO's sole preferred oncology provider, according to D Healthcare Daily.
Choice Cancer Care is an independent physician-owned oncology practice with five treatment locations and seven physicians. Under the agreement, the physicians will join Premier Patient Health Care's network of 350 physicians in improving the quality and efficiency of care and will share in the financial benefits of improved care. The ACO chose Choice Cancer Care due to its experience tracking metrics and using evidence-based methodologies, according to the report.
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