Denver-based Physician Health Partners, a management services organization owned and operated by primary care physicians, has partnered with Cigna for a collaborative accountable care initiative, the payer's version of an accountable care organization.
The program launched Jan. 1 and includes physicians affiliated with Primary Physician Partners and South Metro Primary Care — Denver-area groups that are part of Physician Health Partners.
As part of the CAC initiative, physicians will coordinate patient care with the help of registered nurses and social workers, who will serve as care coordinators. Cigna will provide patient-specific data to the providers.
The medical groups' physicians will be compensated for medical and care coordination services and can be rewarded for meeting cost and quality targets through a pay-for-value structure.
This is not the first ACO Physician Health Partners has entered: The group formed an ACO with UnitedHealthcare this year and is a Medicare Shared Savings Program participant.
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